yews

English - Turkish

Definition of yews in English Turkish dictionary

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yew

porsuk ağacı

Kuzgun, eski porsuk ağacından gakladı. - The raven croaked from the old yew-tree.

yew

porsukağacı

yew

porsuk

Kuzgun, eski porsuk ağacından gakladı. - The raven croaked from the old yew-tree.

yew

(isim) porsukağacı

yew

i., bot. porsukağacı

yew

Taxus bacata

English - English

Definition of yews in English English dictionary

plural of yew

taxus

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Japanese yews

plural form of Japanese yew

yew

Made from the wood of the yew tree

yew

{n} the name of a very hardy tree

yew

A tree or shrub of the genus Taxus, with dark-green flat needle like leaves and seeds bearing red arils

yew

The wood of the yew

yew

wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

yew

It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic

yew

It frequently grows in British churchyards

yew

The wood that the English long bow was traditionally made from

yew

A bow for shooting, made of the yew

yew

any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

yew

A yew or a yew tree is an evergreen tree. It has sharp leaves which are broad and flat, and red berries. Yew is the wood of this tree. a tree with dark green leaves and red berries, or the wood of this tree. Any of about eight species of ornamental evergreens in the genus Taxus, family Taxaceae (the yew family), distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Two species are always shrubby, but the others may reach heights of 77 ft (25 m). The plants have many branches, covered with needlelike leaves. Yew wood is hard, fine-grained, and heavy, with white or creamy sapwood and amber to brown heartwood. Once popular for cabinetwork, implements, and archery bows, it is used more today for articles either carved or turned on a lathe. Other trees called yew but not in this family are the plum-yew (family Cephalotaxaceae) and Prince Albert yew (family Podocarpaceae)

yew

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

yew

An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone

yew

Any of several coniferous trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Taxus Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis) is a shrub native to the North Woods and a favored moose browse From the Old English iw or eow

yew

Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock

yew

evergreen tree of the taxus genus, as in: The finest bows are made of yew wood

yew

It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain

yew

{i} evergreen tree with poisonous needles; wood of yew tree; bow made of yew wood (Archaic)

Etymology

[ 'yü ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English ew, from Old English Iw; akin to Old High German Iwa yew, Middle Irish eó.