Толковый словарь английского языка - yew
Yew
yew
noun Etymology: Middle English ew, from Old English īw; akin to Old High German īwa ~, Middle Irish eó Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Taxus of the family Taxaceae, the ~ family) of evergreen gymnospermous trees and shrubs with stiff linear leaves and seeds surrounded by a fleshy red aril: as, a long-lived Eurasian tree or shrub (T. baccata), a low straggling bush (T. canadensis) of the eastern United States and Canada, Pacific ~ , the wood of a ~, an archery bow made of ~
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n. 1 any dark-leaved evergreen coniferous tree of the genus Taxus, having seeds enclosed in a fleshy red aril, and often planted in churchyards. 2 its wood, used formerly as a material for bows and still in cabinet-making. Etymology: OE iw, eow f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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