- YEW Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of YEW is any of a genus (Taxus of the family Taxaceae, the yew family) of evergreen gymnospermous trees and shrubs with stiff linear leaves and seeds surrounded by a fleshy red aril
- YEW | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
YEW definition: 1 an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with flat leaves like needles and small… Learn more
- YEW Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Yew definition: any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril
- Yew - Wikipedia
Yew is a common name given to various species of trees It is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus: It is also used for any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae:
- yew - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English yew, from Old English īw, ēow, from Proto-West Germanic *īhu IPA (key): juː yew The portion of the ridge taken by each reaper in harvest The same laid in rows for binding into sheaves
- YEW definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A yew or a yew tree is an evergreen tree It has sharp leaves which are broad and flat, and red berries Yew is the wood of this tree Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
- yew, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun yew, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- Yew - definition of yew by The Free Dictionary
1 any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, of the family Taxaceae, having needlelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril 2 the fine-grained, elastic wood of any of these trees 3 an archer's bow made of this wood
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