Yew

Quick meaning: Yew is a noun meaning (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.

Meaning

(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.

More Meanings

1. Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus:
2. (uncountable) The wood of such trees.
3. A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
4. Made from the wood of the yew tree.
5. Eye dialect spelling of you.
6. (countable) 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.

Example Sentences

English soldiers handled sturdy bows of yew, ash, or elm, which could propel an iron-tipped arrow as far as a hundred yards.

Old Yew, which graspest at the stones ⁠That name the under-lying dead, ⁠Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones.

At Darley Dale, in Derbyshire, there is another yew about 1,000 years younger with a 32 ft girth, while a mighty yew at Goudhurst, Kent, has a bench seating 12 in its hollow trunk.

Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.

Word Forms

• yews

Synonyms for yew

Depending on context, synonyms include yewen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include evergreen, yeugh, eugh, yewberry, yate, cedar.

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