yew

yew

noun

{bc}any of a genus ({it}Taxus{/it} of the family Taxaceae, the yew family) of evergreen gymnospermous trees and shrubs with stiff linear leaves and seeds surrounded by a fleshy red aril: such as

{bc}a long-lived Eurasian tree or shrub ({it}T. baccata{/it})

{bc}a low straggling bush ({it}T. canadensis{/it}) of the eastern U.S. and Canada

{bc}{sx|pacific yew||}

English yew

noun

{bc}{sx|yew||1a(1)}

Pacific yew

noun

{bc}a small or medium slow-growing irregularly branched yew ({it}Taxus brevifolia{/it}) of the Pacific coast of the U.S. and Canada that yields a fine-grained hardwood and is the source of paclitaxel