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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024yew1 /yu/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] an evergreen tree or shrub having needles and seeds enclosed in a fleshy pod.
- [uncountable] the fine-grained, elastic wood of any of these trees.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024yew1 (yo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril.
- the fine-grained, elastic wood of any of these trees.
- an archer's bow made of this wood.
- this tree or its branches as a symbol of sorrow, death, or resurrection.
- bef. 900; Middle English ew(e), Old English ēow, ī(o)w; cognate with Old High German īga, īwa (Middle High German īwe, German Eibe), Old Norse ýr, Middle Irish eó yew (Old Irish: stem, shaft), Welsh ywen yew tree, Russian íva willow
- Slang Termsyou.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: yew /juː/ n - any coniferous tree of the genus Taxus, of the Old World and North America, esp T. baccata, having flattened needle-like leaves, fine-grained elastic wood, and solitary seeds with a red waxy aril resembling berries: family Taxaceae
- the wood of any of these trees, used to make bows for archery
- a bow made of yew
Etymology: Old English īw; related to Old High German īwa, Old Norse ӯr yew, Latin ūva grape, Russian iva willow |