Dutch Meaning of yew

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Definitions and Meaning of yew in English

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yew (n)

wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

Webster

yew (v. i.)

See Yaw.

Webster

yew (n.)

An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.

The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.

A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

Webster

yew (a.)

Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.

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Taxus

wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows, any of numerous evergreen

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yevtushenko => Jevtoesjenko, yevgeni yevtushenko => Jevgeni Jevtoesjenko, yevgeni aleksandrovich yevtushenko => Jevgeni Aleksandrovitsj Jevtoesjenko, yeven => yeven, yeve => yeve,