English > yew: 2 senses > noun 2, plantMeaning | Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves. |
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Member of | Taxaceae, family Taxaceae, yew family | sometimes classified as member of order Taxales |
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Narrower | California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica | California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor |
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Florida yew, Taxus floridana | small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves |
Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata | shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage |
New Caledonian yew, Austrotaxus spicata | large yew native to New Caledonia |
Old World yew, English yew, Taxus baccata | predominant yew in Europe |
Pacific yew, California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia | small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America |
stinking cedar, stinking yew, Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia | Rare small evergreen of northern Florida |
white-berry yew, Pseudotaxus chienii | yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries |
Broader | conifer, coniferous tree | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |
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Substances | yew | wood of a yew |
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Spanish | tejo |
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Catalan | teix |
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