taxus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- yew noun An evergreen coniferous tree with dark needles and red berry-like seed cases, native to Europe and parts of Asia.
Senses
taxus is used for these senses in English:
- yew (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.
- yew (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
- yew (uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
yew — full definition
- noun An evergreen coniferous tree with dark needles and red berry-like seed cases, native to Europe and parts of Asia.
- noun The wood of this tree, traditionally prized for making longbows.