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Definitions of yew in various dictionaries:
noun - wood of a yew
noun - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
Any of several poisonous evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, having scarlet cup-shaped seeds and flat needles that are dark green above and yellowish below.
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| Now prized for cabinetwork, this tree's wood was used by British archers in the Middle Ages for longbows |
| Personally, we think this tree's name sounds like a personal pronoun |
| "It had to be" this evergreen tree that is a homonym for a second-person-singular pronoun |
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Yew is a common name given to various species of trees. * The name is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus:* European yew or common yew (Taxus baccata) * Pacific yew or western yew (Taxus brevifolia) * Canadian yew (Taxus canadensis) * Chinese yew (Taxus chinensis) * Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) * Florida yew (Taxus floridana) * Mexican yew (Taxus globosa) * Sumatran yew (Taxus sumatrana) * Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana) * Taxus masonii (Eocene fossil yew)The name also is used for any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae: * * White-berry yew (Pseudotaxus chienii) * New Caledonian yew or southern yew (Austrotaxus spicata) * Catkin-yew (Amentotaxus sp.) * Plum-yew (Cephalotaxus sp.)Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, which are superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name: * * Prince Albert's yew (Saxegothaea conspicua) * Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.) |