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    yew
    <botany> A type of tree found in temperate climates, different families (taxus) in North & South America, China, Africa and Europe. ... Taxol and taxotere - promising investigational chemotherapeutic agents, are both derived from this family of trees. Although they are now in clinical use,...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?yew
    
    
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    yew
    noun any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=yew
    
    
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    Yew
    • (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew. • (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. • (a.) Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tre...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/yew/
    
    
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    yew
    any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus (family Taxaceae), approximately eight species of ornamental evergreens, distributed throughout the Northern ... [3 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/y/8
    
    
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    yew
    yew, name for evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, somewhat similar to hemlock but bearing red berrylike fruits instead of true cones. Of somber appearance, with dark green leaves, the yew since antiquity has been associated with death and funeral rites. The English yew (T. baccata) was use...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0853072.html
    
    
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    Yew
    The yew (Taxus) is a genus of evergreen trees of the family taxaceae. The Yew has an irregular and twisted trunk that bears a purplish-brown bark. The wood is tough and resilient, helping to resist rotting. Its needles, which are flat and flexible, are dark green on top and light green underneath. T...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BY.HTM
    
    
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    yew
    Any of a group of evergreen coniferous trees native to the northern hemisphere. The dark green flat needlelike leaves and bright red berrylike seeds are poisonous; the wood is hard and close-grained. (Genus Taxus, family Taxaceae.) The western or Pacific yew (T. br...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0014491.html
    
    
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    yew
    1) Archer's bow wood 2) Archer's wood 3) Archery bow wood 4) Archery wood 5) Archery-bow material 6) Archery-bow wood 7) Arrow wood 8) Bow maker's material 9) Bow maker's wood 10) Bow material 11) Bow wood 12) Bow wo...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/yew/1
    
    

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