OLD WORLD YEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World yew mean? 

• OLD WORLD YEW (noun)
  The noun OLD WORLD YEW has 1 sense:

1. predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

  Familiarity information: OLD WORLD YEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD WORLD YEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

English yew; Old World yew; Taxus baccata

Hypernyms ("Old World yew" is a kind of...):

yew (any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves)

Holonyms ("Old World yew" is a member of...):

genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)