| 单词 | yew berry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyew berry yew berry n. the fruit of the yew tree, consisting of a poisonous rounded seed partly enclosed by a bright red, cup-shaped fleshy aril. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun] > yew-berry yew berry1768 eOE Metrical Charm: For Water-Elf Disease (Royal 12 D.xvii) 4 Do him þis to læcedome: eoforþrote, cassuc, fone nioþoweard, eowberge, elehtre. 1676 M. Cook Manner of raising Forrest-trees xxxii. 99 If you would Raise them of Haws, order them as is shewed of the Cherry or Yew berries. 1768 G. White Let. 8 Oct. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 57 The ousel..fed on yew-berries. 1820 J. Keats Ode on Melancholy in Lamia & Other Poems 140 Make not your rosary of yew-berries. 2006 Observer 12 Nov. (Mag.) 79 Sticky yew berries could not be a better contrast against the dark foliage. < as lemmas |
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