YEW: значение слова

noun
Etymology: Middle English ew, from Old English īw; akin to Old High German īwa yew, Middle Irish eó Date: before 12th century

1. any of a genus ( Taxus of the family Taxaceae, the yew 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 yew , the wood of a yew, an archery bow made of yew