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Yew
/juː/
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.
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noun
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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.
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(by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
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Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
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The wood of the such trees.
adjective
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Made from the wood of the yew tree.
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