1. Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
   "Yew trees are often found in old churchyards in England"
    
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
   "Traditional English longbows were often made from yew wood"

Sounds like: ewe, yow

Derived forms: yews

Type of: conifer, coniferous tree, wood

Part of: family Taxaceae, Taxaceae, yew family

Encyclopedia: Yew