yew family

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• yew family — noun sometimes classified as member of order Taxales • Syn: ↑Taxaceae, ↑family Taxaceae • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferales, ↑order Coniferales …   Useful english dictionary

• yew — [yo͞o] n. [ME ew < OE iw, eow, akin to Ger eibe (OHG iwa) < IE * (e)iwā < base * ei , reddish > L uva, grape: orig. name because of color of the wood] 1. a) any of a genus (Taxus) of evergreen shrubs and trees of the yew family,… …   English World dictionary

• yew — yü n any of a genus (Taxus of the family Taxaceae, the yew family) of evergreen trees and shrubs with stiff linear leaves and seeds surrounded by a fleshy red aril esp one (T. brevifolia) of the Pacific coast of the U.S. and Canada whose bark… …   Medical dictionary

• plum-yew family — noun a family of Cephalotaxaceae • Syn: ↑Cephalotaxaceae, ↑family Cephalotaxaceae • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferales, ↑order Coniferales …   Useful english dictionary

• yew — yew1 /yooh/, n. 1. 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 …   Universalium

• yew — noun Etymology: Middle English ew, from Old English īw; akin to Old High German īwa yew, Middle Irish eó Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of a genus (Taxus of the family Taxaceae, the yew family) of evergreen gymnospermous trees and shrubs… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• family Taxaceae — noun sometimes classified as member of order Taxales • Syn: ↑Taxaceae, ↑yew family • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferales, ↑order Coniferales …   Useful english dictionary

• family Cephalotaxaceae — noun a family of Cephalotaxaceae • Syn: ↑Cephalotaxaceae, ↑plum yew family • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferales, ↑order Coniferales …   Useful english dictionary

• Yew — may refer to:Botany*Any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus : **European Yew or Common Yew ( Taxus baccata ) **Pacific Yew or Western Yew ( Taxus brevifolia ) **Canadian Yew ( Taxus canadensis ) **Chinese Yew ( Taxus… …   Wikipedia

• yew — I [[t]yu[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, of the family Taxaceae, having needlelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril 2) the fine grained, elastic wood of any of these trees 3) an archer s bow… …   From formal English to slang

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