yew
/ju/ noun C1- 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.
- Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
- in family Podocarpaceae.
- in family Cephalotaxaceae.
- The wood of such trees.
- A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
Plural yews
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A short walk along the winding drive with such sward and oaks around it as one only sees in rural England, then a sudden turn, and the long, low Jacobean house of dingy, liver-coloured brick lay before us, with an old-fashioned garden of cut yews on each side of it.
Rows of very ancient yew trees cut into strange designs girded it round.
I have said that a decoration of yew trees circled the garden.
Below the yew--it still is there--
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