| yew | evergreen tree with poisonous needles; wood of yew tree; bow made of yew wood (Archaic) | (isim) | en |
| yew | 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. a tree with dark green leaves and red berries, or the wood of this tree. Any of about eight species of ornamental evergreens in the genus Taxus, family Taxaceae (the yew family), distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Two species are always shrubby, but the others may reach heights of 77 ft (25 m). The plants have many branches, covered with needlelike leaves. Yew wood is hard, fine-grained, and heavy, with white or creamy sapwood and amber to brown heartwood. Once popular for cabinetwork, implements, and archery bows, it is used more today for articles either carved or turned on a lathe. Other trees called yew but not in this family are the plum-yew (family Cephalotaxaceae) and Prince Albert yew (family Podocarpaceae) | en |
| 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 | en |
| yew | any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves | en |
| yew | evergreen tree of the taxus genus, as in: The finest bows are made of yew wood | en |
| yew | Any of several coniferous trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Taxus Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis) is a shrub native to the North Woods and a favored moose browse From the Old English iw or eow | en |
| yew | The wood that the English long bow was traditionally made from | en |
| yew | See Yaw | en |
| yew | An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone | en |
| yew | It frequently grows in British churchyards | en |
| yew | The wood of the yew | en |
| yew | It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic | en |
| yew | It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain | en |
| yew | A bow for shooting, made of the yew | en |
| yew | Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock | en |
| yew | any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows | en |
