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Noun yew has 2 senses
  1. yew - wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
    --1 is a kind of     wood
    --1 is a substance of yew
  2. yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
    --2 is a kind of     conifer, coniferous tree
    --2 is a member of Taxaceae, family Taxaceae, yew family
    --2 has substance: yew
    --2 has particulars:
     California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica; stinking cedar, stinking yew, Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia; Old World yew, English yew, Taxus baccata; Pacific yew, California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia; Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata; Florida yew, Taxus floridana; New Caledonian yew, Austrotaxus spicata; white-berry yew, Pseudotaxus chienii
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