EGAVE

yew

About 0.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
  2. noun Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
  3. noun Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus: in family Podocarpaceae. in family Cephalotaxaceae.
  4. noun in family Podocarpaceae.
  5. noun in family Cephalotaxaceae.
  6. noun The wood of such trees.
  7. noun A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
  8. adjective Made from the wood of the yew tree.

Similar words

evergreen fis kwang yeugh eugh english yew japanese yew pacific yew anglojap yew yew pine

Often followed by

tree trees and hedge hedges is in was hock

Word family

English yew yews

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