yew
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- noun
- /juː/
:
madera de tejo
- One notable example is the Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia).
- Pacific yew
Examples
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It's made of yew wood.
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It is obscure primarily because it is microscopic, has an unusual habitat, and, unlike the Pacific yew, is not endangered.
Academic text (1996) -
There is another species, however, that has transformed the human world far more than the Pacific yew but without receiving nearly as much attention.
Academic text (1996) -
My version, carved from a rather tricky piece of yew, hangs on the wall at the top of the stairs.
Academic text (2001) -
Before the discovery of taxol, however, loggers had indiscriminately cut down and burned Pacific yews to gain access to more profitable timber.
Academic text (1996) -
Now he was sticking the bits of yew he'd broken off into the earth where he'd scraped pencil-deep ditches.
Fiction book (1995) -
When I carved the large green man out of yew, I spent a whole weekend at a carving class in detailed, quite thoughtless engagement with the leaves, chopping away, overlapping them, dealing with the grain, and finding out what shape each leaf was to have by working on it directly.
Academic text (2001) -
The cabinet is beautifully crafted from yew wood.
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He chose a yew bow for archery because of its strength and flexibility.
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The table is made of yew, known for its durability and fine grain.
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
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Etymology
Yew also means the wood of that tree because people long used yew wood to make strong bows. That's why yew can mean both the living tree and the fine, durable wood used for furniture and archery bows.