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1. (n.) yew
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. yew
the fine-grained, elastic wood of any of these trees.
3. yew
an archer's bow made of this wood.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME ew(e), OE ēow, ī(o)w, c. OS īh, OHG īga, īwa, ON ýr, MIr eó yew (OIr: stem, shaft), Welsh ywen yew tree, Russ íva willow)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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. (noun) yew
any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) yew
of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock
2. (noun) yew
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
3. (noun) yew
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
4. (noun) yew
a bow for shooting, made of the yew
5. (verb) yew
see Yaw
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Sense: a type of evergreen tree with dark leaves and red berries.
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 Afrikaans: taksus |
 Arabic: شَجَر الطَّقْسوس |
 Bulgarian: тис |
 Brazilian: teixo |
 Czech: tis |
 German: die Eibe |
 Danish: takstræ |
 Greek: είδος αειθαλούς δέντρου |
 Spanish: tejo |
 Estonian: jugapuu |
 Farsi: سرخدار |
 Finnish: marjakuusi |
 French: if |
 Hebrew: טַקְסוּס (סוג עץ) |
 Hindi: सदाबहार वृक्ष की लकड़ी |
 Croatian: tisa |
 Hungarian: tiszafa |
 Indonesian: sejenis cemara |
 Icelandic: ÿviður, ÿr |
 Italian: tasso |
 Japanese: いちい |
 Korean: 주목(朱木) |
 Lithuanian: kukmedis |
 Latvian: īve |
 Malay: pokok yew |
 Dutch: taxusboom |
 Norwegian: barlind |
 Polish: cis |
 Persian: سرخدار |
 Pashto: يوتل شنه ونه يا بوټي چې ا |
 Portuguese: teixo |
 Romanian: tisă |
 Russian: тис |
 Slovak: tis |
 Slovenian: tisa |
 Serbian: tuja |
 Swedish: idegran |
 Thai: ต้นไม้ใหญ่ชนิดหนึ่งใบเล็ก |
 Turkish: porsuk ağacı |
 Taiwanese: 紫杉木 |
 Ukrainian: тисове дерево |
 Urdu: گہرے رنگ کے پتّوں اور سرخ |
 Vietnamese: cây thủy tùng |
 Chinese: 紫杉木 |
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