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Yew Common

Yew has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Pron

Definitions
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

yew
2

any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

yew
3

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.

Adjective
1

Made from the wood of the yew tree.