English
Pronunciation
enPR|yo�o, IPA|/ju�/, SAMPA|/ju:/
:rhymes|u�
Homophones
ewe, u, you
Etymology
OE. Ä«w.
Noun
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- countable A tree or shrub of the genus Taxus, with dark-green flat needle like leaves and seeds bearing red arils.
- uncountable The wood of the yew.
#:Quotations
#:*1786: To prevent a too great consumption of yew, bowyers were directed to make four bows of witch-hazel, ash or elm, to one of yew, and no person under seventeen years of age, unless possessed of moveables worth forty marks, of the son of parents having an estate of ten pounds per annum might shoot in an yew bow, under a penalty of 6s. 8d. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 37.
Synonyms
yew tree
Translations
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Bulgarian: �и� (tis) m
Catalan: [1] teix f :ca:teix|^
Chinese: 紫� (z� sh�n)
Czech: tis
Danish: taks
Estonian: jugapuu
Finnish: marjakuusi
French: if m
German: [1] Eibe f :de:Eibe|^
Italian: tasso m
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Japanese: � (���, ichii)
Polish: cis m
Russian: �и� (tis) m
Spanish: tejo m
Swedish: [1] idegran c
Ukrainian: �и� (tis)
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Adjective
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- Made from the wood of the yew tree.
Translations
trans-top|made from the wood of the yew tree
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Russian: Ñ�иÑ�овÑ�й (tÃsovyj)
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See also
pedialite|Taxus baccata
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