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WESTERN YEW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does western yew mean?
• WESTERN YEW (noun)
The noun WESTERN YEW has 1 sense:
1. small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
Familiarity information: WESTERN YEW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
California yew; Pacific yew; Taxus brevifolia; western yew
Hypernyms ("western yew" is a kind of...):
yew (any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves)
Holonyms ("western yew" is a member of...):
genus Taxus; Taxus (yews)
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