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Prince Albert's yew

Prince Albert's yew

9.9
A small decorative yew tree with attractive leaves and partly drooping branches
  • noun
translation icon : tejo de Prince Albert
  • Gardeners value the Prince Albert's yew for its elegant, cascading branches.

Examples

  • We planted a Prince Albert's yew near the pond to add year-round greenery.

  • The mild climate in parts of California allows the Prince Albert's yew to thrive in gardens.

  • The garden features a stunning Prince Albert's yew.

  • I planted a Prince Albert's yew in my backyard.

  • Gardeners value the Prince Albert's yew for its elegant, cascading branches.

  • The mild climate in parts of California allows the Prince Albert's yew to thrive in gardens.

  • We planted a Prince Albert's yew near the pond to add year-round greenery.

Synonyms

Prince Albert yew
vsPrince Albert's yew
9.5

A small yew tree with hanging branches grown for gardens, native to the mountains of southern Chile

uses the possessive apostrophe in the name form
Saxe-gothea conspicua
vsPrince Albert's yew
  • Specialized
9.9

A small evergreen tree with thin drooping branches that people grow in gardens

is the general ornamental description rather than the scientific species label
Saxegothea
vsPrince Albert's yew
  • Specialized
9.9

A type of evergreen tree with one species, Prince Albert's yew, that grows in southern Chile and Argentina

refers to the single plant species itself not the genus level
Saxe-gothea
vsPrince Albert's yew
  • Specialized
9.9

A South American evergreen tree with flat leaves like a yew

is the specific Chilean mountain species rather than a broad regional genus

Surface Forms

Prince Albert's yew singular
Prince Albert's yews plural

Morphology

prince + Albert's + yew

This is a straightforward possessive noun phrase: a proper name ('Prince Albert') + 'yew' signals a yew tree associated with or named after Prince Albert. While the precise botanical details are specialized, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand it denotes a type of yew tree named for Prince Albert, so the meaning is transparently derivable.

Etymology

Prince Albert's yew is named after Prince Albert, who helped make formal Victorian gardens popular, and gardeners used his name for this small yew because its elegant, hanging branches fitted that garden style. So, the name reminds you that it is a 'small ornamental yew' with partly drooping branches.