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yew
Noun
  • ∙ A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. countable
  • ∙ Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. countable, by extension
  • ∙ Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
    • ∙ in family Podocarpaceae
    • ∙ in family Cephalotaxaceae
  • ∙ The wood of the such trees. uncountable
  • ∙ A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
Adjective
  • ∙ Made from the wood of the yew tree.