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yew
noun
adjective
A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran…
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 3
- Starts with
- Y
- Ends with
- W
- Contains
- E
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Pronunciation
/juː/
Meaning
Definitions
noun
A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
(by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
The wood of the such trees.
A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
adjective
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
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