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Noun yew has 2 senses
- 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
--1 is a kind of wood
--1 is a substance of yew
- yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
--2 is a kind of conifer, coniferous tree
--2 is a member of Taxaceae, family Taxaceae, yew family
--2 has substance: yew
--2 has particulars: | | California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica; stinking cedar, stinking yew, Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia; Old World yew, English yew, Taxus baccata; Pacific yew, California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia; Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata; Florida yew, Taxus floridana; New Caledonian yew, Austrotaxus spicata; white-berry yew, Pseudotaxus chienii |
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