yew


Definition: Meaning of, yew in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / juː /

  • noun
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yew yews
[uncountable and countable]
  1. a tree with dark green leaves and red berries, or the wood of this tree
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yew used in phrases

  • California yew (noun)
    1. small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
  • English yew (noun)
    1. predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
  • Florida yew (noun)
    1. small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
  • Japanese yew (noun)
    1. shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
  • New Caledonian yew (noun)
    1. large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
  • Old World yew (noun)
    1. predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
  • Pacific yew (noun)
    1. small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
  • Prince Albert yew (noun)
    1. small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile
  • Prince Albert's yew (noun)
    1. small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile
  • nutmeg-yew (noun)
    1. california evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavour
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