Definition of yew Yew
/juˈ/ - [yu] - yew
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| yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves | ||
| conifer, coniferous tree any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | ||
| family taxaceae, taxaceae, yew family sometimes classified as member of order Taxales | ||
| california nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, torreya californica California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor | ||
| stinking cedar, stinking yew, torrey tree, torreya taxifolia rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed | ||
| yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves | ||
| english yew, old world yew, taxus baccata predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world | ||
| california yew, pacific yew, taxus brevifolia, western yew small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood | ||
| japanese yew, taxus cuspidata shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States | ||
| florida yew, taxus floridana small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves | ||
| austrotaxus spicata, new caledonian yew large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii | ||
| yew - wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- 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. - yew (Noun)
Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. - yew (Noun)
The wood of the yew. - yew (Noun)
A bow for archery, made of yew wood. - yew (Adjective)
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- yew (v. i.)
See Yaw. - yew (n.)
An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards. - yew (n.)
The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain. - yew (n.)
A bow for shooting, made of the yew. - yew (a.)
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
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Wood of the yew tree. -
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Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. -
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A species of coniferous tree 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.
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🔤- yew, noun, singular of yews.
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