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