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YEW

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1. What does YEW mean?
pronunciation
Wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

2. What does PLUM-YEW mean?
pronunciation
Any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals

3. What does NUTMEG-YEW mean?
pronunciation
California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor

4. What does YEW FAMILY mean?
pronunciation
Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

5. What does ENGLISH YEW mean?
pronunciation
Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

6. What does FLORIDA YEW mean?
pronunciation
Small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves

7. What does PACIFIC YEW mean?
pronunciation
Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

8. What does WESTERN YEW mean?
pronunciation
Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

9. What does JAPANESE YEW mean?
pronunciation
Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States

10. What does PARASITE YEW mean?
pronunciation
Rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides

11. What does STINKING YEW mean?
pronunciation
Rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed

12. What does OLD WORLD YEW mean?
pronunciation
Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

13. What does CALIFORNIA YEW mean?
pronunciation
Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

14. What does PLUM-YEW FAMILY mean?
pronunciation
It's a family of Cephalotaxaceae

15. What does WHITE-BERRY YEW mean?
pronunciation
Yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries

16. What does PLUM-FRUITED YEW mean?
definition
South American evergreen tree or shrub

17. What does PRINCE ALBERT YEW mean?
pronunciation
Small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile

18. What does NEW CALEDONIAN YEW mean?
pronunciation
Large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii

19. What does PRINCE ALBERT'S YEW mean?
definition
Small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile


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