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yew
1[ yoo ]
noun
- any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril.
- the fine-grained, elastic wood of any of these trees.
- an archer's bow made of this wood.
- this tree or its branches as a symbol of sorrow, death, or resurrection.
yew
2[ yoo; unstressed yoo ]
pronoun
- you.
yew
/ ː /
noun
- any coniferous tree of the genus Taxus, of the Old World and North America, esp T. baccata, having flattened needle-like leaves, fine-grained elastic wood, and solitary seeds with a red waxy aril resembling berries: family Taxaceae
- the wood of any of these trees, used to make bows for archery
- archery a bow made of yew
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of yew1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of yew1
Example Sentences
His father was unaware that the berries were toxic and the coroner said the local authority's neighbourhood manager for environmental health was also unaware that yew trees were poisonous.
The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew trees, according to new research.
For an informal garden composition, place the yew off-center, flanked by the abelia to one side.
The owner of a former village chapel has been fined after removing historic yew trees without permission.
Still, Christmas trees sprayed with pesticides or other chemical compounds are dangerous to consume, and yew trees, which some people purchase during Christmas, are poisonous.
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