Yew Definition
yo͝o
yews
noun
Any of a genus (Taxus) of evergreen shrubs and trees of the yew family, having red, cuplike, waxy cones containing a single seed, broad, flattened leaves that are needles, and fine-grained, elastic wood.
Webster's New World
The wood, used esp. for making archers' bows.
Webster's New World
An archer's bow of yew.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating a family (Taxaceae) of resinous evergreen conifers with needlelike leaves, including ground hemlock.
Webster's New World
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Yew
Noun
Singular:
yew
Plural:
yewsOrigin of Yew
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From Middle English ew, from Old English Ä«w, Ä“ow, from Proto-Germanic *Ä«waz, *Ä«hwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *Ä«wō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eiH-u̯ehâ‚‚ (compare Hittite [script?] (eja, “type of evergreen"), Welsh yw (“yews"), Lithuanian ievà (“bird cherry"), Russian ива (íva, “willow")).
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English īw
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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