yew

n. evergreen tree with poisonous needles; wood of yew tree; bow made of yew wood (Archaic)

Yew may refer to:BotanyAny of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus:European Yew or Common Yew (Taxus baccata)Pacific Yew or Western Yew (Taxus brevifolia)Canadian Yew (Taxus canadensis)Chinese Yew (Taxus chinensis)Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)Florida Yew (Taxus floridana)Mexican Yew (Taxus globosa)Sumatran Yew (Taxus sumatrana)Himalayan Yew (Taxus wallichiana)Any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae:White-berry Yew (Pseudotaxus chienii)New Caledonian Yew or Southern Yew (Austrotaxus spicata)Catkin-yew (Amentotaxus sp.)Plum-yew (Cephalotaxus sp.)Any of the various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae which are superficially similar to other yews:Prince Albert's Yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
(hypernym) wood
2. any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
(hypernym) conifer, coniferous tree
(hyponym) California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica
(member-holonym) Taxaceae, family Taxaceae, yew family

(v. i.)
See Yaw.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
  

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

yew /ju:/
danh từ (thực vật học) cây thuỷ tùng ((cũng) yew-tree) gỗ thuỷ tùng
(C) 2007 www.TừĐiểnTiếngViệt.net