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Yew

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Noun

1. 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

2. yew

any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

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Yew

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noun
1. 
any coniferous tree of the genus Taxus, of the Old World and North America, esp T. baccata, having flattened needle-like leaves, fine-grained elastic wood, and solitary seeds with a red waxy aril resembling berries: family Taxaceae
2. 
the wood of any of these trees, used to make bows for archery
3. archery
a bow made of yew

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Yew

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noun
1. 
a. 
any of a genus (Taxus) of evergreen shrubs and trees of the yew family, having red, cuplike, waxy cones containing a single seed, broad, flattened leaves that are needles, and fine-grained, elastic wood
b. 
the wood, used esp. for making archers' bows
2.  Archaic
an archer's bow of yew
adjective
3. 
designating a family (Taxaceae) of resinous evergreen conifers with needlelike leaves, including ground hemlock

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Yew

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n.
1. Any of several poisonous evergreen coniferous trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, having scarlet cup-shaped arils and flat needles that are dark green above and yellowish below. Yews contain compounds used in medicine and are often grown as ornamentals.
2. The wood of any of these trees, especially the durable, fine-grained wood of the Eurasian and North African species Taxus baccata, used in cabinetmaking and for archery bows.

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