yew
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6.7
- noun
- /juː/
:
tejo
- 'You have driven away my business with your preachings and you have refused me the yew tree, my best source of healing.'
- yew tree
Examples
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They stopped to rest under the branches of a yew tree.
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So, the three boxes go to the valley of the yew tree.
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The yew tree is the most important of all the healing trees.
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I stare down at a yew bush covered with snow 20 feet below.
Fiction book (2000) -
If your mother can be healed, the yew tree will do it.
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Just inside the fence grew a thick, high hedge of yew that blocked off the view of the side street.
Fiction book (1995) -
With no further ado, she turned and walked off toward the line of dark yew trees that edged the kirkyard to the west.
Fiction book (1992) -
The churchyard was walled and grassed over, with yews and cedars.
Fiction book (1998) -
The gardener decided to plant a yew tree along the pathway for its beautiful green foliage.
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They enjoyed a peaceful afternoon sitting under the shade of a large yew tree in the park.
Synonyms
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9.6
Evergreen tree or bush with flat needle-like leaves and red berry-like fruits
Compounds
- Specialized
A small or medium tree that grows on the Pacific coast and has strong, fine-grained wood
- Specialized
A small bushy yew tree with very narrow leaves that grows only in northern Florida
A hardy evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy dark green leaves used in gardens
- Australian
A large evergreen tree from New Caledonia that is grown in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii
- US
A California evergreen tree with fruit that looks like nutmeg but smells strongly of turpentine
A small yew tree with hanging branches grown for gardens, native to the mountains of southern Chile
A small decorative yew tree with attractive leaves and partly drooping branches
A slow-growing evergreen tree from Europe and parts of Asia that can live for many centuries
- UK
A rare endangered tree from New Caledonia that grows on another tree and takes food and water from it
- Specialized
An evergreen South American tree or shrub that makes small plum-like fruit
- Specialized
Evergreen shrubs and small trees from East Asia with seeds that look like plums and leaves like yew trees
- Specialized
An evergreen shrub or small tree with large seeds covered by soft flesh, often grown in gardens
- US
A small or medium tree with hard wood that grows on the Pacific coast of North America
- Specialized
A group of evergreen trees and shrubs that includes the yew and similar plants
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yew comes from an old English word īw that meant the same 'yew tree' and that word goes back to an old German word for the tree. That's why yew names the evergreen tree with flat needle leaves and red, cup-shaped berries.