yew

  1. Noun.  (countable) 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.  (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus ''Taxus''.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) The wood of the yew.
  4. Adjective.  Made from the wood of the yew tree.

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