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yew 音标拼音: [j'u] n. 紫杉,水松 紫杉,水松 yew n 1: wood of a yew; especially the durable fine- grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows 2: any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup- shaped berries and flattened needlelike leavesYew \ Yew\ ([= u]), v. i. See { Yaw}. [ 1913 Webster]
Yew \ Yew\, n. [ OE. ew, AS. e[' o] w, [ imac] w, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. [ imac] wa, [ imac] ha, G. eibe, Icel. [= y] r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j[" e] va the black alder tree.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Bot.) An evergreen tree ({ Taxus baccata}) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine- grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The { American yew} ({ Taxus baccata}, var. Canadensis) is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never forming an erect trunk. The { California yew} ({ Taxus brevifolia}, also called { Pacific yew}) is a good- sized tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar implements; the anticancer agent { taxol} is obtained from its bark. Another yew is found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and the Himalayas. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew. [ 1913 Webster]
Yew \ Yew\ ([= u]), a. Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock. [ 1913 Webster] |
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