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Noun: yew  yoo
  1. Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
     
  2. Wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

Sounds like: ewe, yow

Derived forms: yews

Type of: conifer, coniferous tree, wood

Part of: family Taxaceae, Taxaceae, yew family

Encyclopedia: Yew

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