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English yew   /ˈɪŋglɪʃ ju/   Listen
English yew

noun
1.
Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world.  Synonyms: Old World yew, Taxus baccata.





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"English yew" Quotes from Famous Books



... of time measurable by minutes I was quite taken aback. So engrossed had I been with the costume, with acquiring skill at swimming, and with ordering from Boston a genuine English yew bow and a sheaf of arrows, that until this moment these lesser details had entirely escaped my attention; but at once my mind was at ...
— Fibble, D. D. • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb


Words linked to "English yew" :   genus Taxus, yew, Taxus


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