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slovo definícia yew (encz) yew,tis n: [bot.] mamm Yew (gcide) Yew \Yew\ ([=u]), v. i. See Yaw. [1913 Webster] Yew (gcide) 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 (gcide) Yew \Yew\ ([=u]), a. Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock. [1913 Webster] yew (wn) 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 leaves

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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] California yew (gcide) 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] cubbyyew (gcide) Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zool.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish. [1913 Webster] Dyewood (gcide) Dyewood \Dye"wood`\, n. Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing. [1913 Webster] Eyewash (gcide) Eyewash \Eye"wash\, n. See Eyewater. [1913 Webster] Eyewater (gcide) Eyewater \Eye"wa`ter\, n. (Med.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes. [1913 Webster] Eyewink (gcide) Eyewink \Eye"wink`\, n. A wink; a token. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Eyewinker (gcide) Eyewinker \Eye"wink`er\, n. An eyelash. [A child's word.] [1913 Webster] Eyewitness (gcide) Eyewitness \Eye"wit`ness\, n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything. [1913 Webster] We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty. --2 Pet. i. 16. [1913 Webster] Pacific yew (gcide) 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] Yewen (gcide) Yewen \Yew"en\, a. Made of yew; as, yewen bows. [1913 Webster] california yew (wn) California yew n 1: small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood [syn: Pacific yew, California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia] dyeweed (wn) dyeweed n 1: small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental [syn: woodwaxen, dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed, whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria] dyewood (wn) dyewood n 1: any wood from which dye is obtained english yew (wn) English yew n 1: predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world [syn: Old World yew, English yew, Taxus baccata] eyewash (wn) eyewash n 1: lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes [syn: eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium] eyewitness (wn) eyewitness n 1: a spectator who can describe what happened v 1: be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes florida yew (wn) Florida yew n 1: small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves [syn: Florida yew, {Taxus floridana}] japanese yew (wn) Japanese yew n 1: shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States [syn: Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata] new caledonian yew (wn) New Caledonian yew n 1: large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii [syn: {New Caledonian yew}, Austrotaxus spicata] nutmeg-yew (wn) nutmeg-yew n 1: California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor [syn: California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica] old world yew (wn) Old World yew n 1: predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world [syn: Old World yew, English yew, Taxus baccata] pacific yew (wn) Pacific yew n 1: small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood [syn: Pacific yew, California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia] parasite yew (wn) parasite yew n 1: rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides [syn: parasite yew, Parasitaxus ustus] plum-fruited yew (wn) plum-fruited yew n 1: South American evergreen tree or shrub [syn: {plum-fruited yew}, Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans] plum-yew (wn) plum-yew n 1: any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals plum-yew family (wn) plum-yew family n 1: a family of Cephalotaxaceae [syn: Cephalotaxaceae, family Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family] prince albert yew (wn) Prince Albert yew n 1: small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile [syn: Prince Albert yew, Prince Albert's yew, Saxe-gothea conspicua]