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English noun: yew | |||
| 1. | yew (plant) wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wood | ||
| Substance meronym | yew | ||
| 2. | yew (plant) any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conifer, coniferous tree | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Austrotaxus spicata, California nutmeg, California yew, English yew, Florida yew, Japanese yew, New Caledonian yew, nutmeg-yew, Old World yew, Pacific yew, Pseudotaxus chienii, stinking cedar, stinking yew, Taxus baccata, Taxus brevifolia, Taxus cuspidata, Taxus floridana, Torrey tree, Torreya californica, Torreya taxifolia, western yew, white-berry yew | ||
| Member meronym | family Taxaceae, Taxaceae, yew family | ||
| Substance holonym | yew | ||
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