slovo | definícia |
yew (encz) | yew,tis n: [bot.] mamm |
Yew (gcide) | Yew \Yew\ ([=u]), v. i.
See Yaw.
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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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
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Yew (gcide) | Yew \Yew\ ([=u]), a.
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew
tree; as, a yew whipstock.
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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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dyeweed (encz) | dyeweed, n: |
dyewood (encz) | dyewood, n: |
english yew (encz) | English yew, |
eyewash (encz) | eyewash,balamucení n: Zdeněk Brožeyewash,humbuk n: Zdeněk Brožeyewash,nesmysly Zdeněk Brožeyewash,oční kapky Zdeněk Brožeyewash,podvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
eyewitness (encz) | eyewitness,očitý svědek Zdeněk Brož |
fmteyewtk (encz) | FMTEYEWTK,Far More Than Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know [zkr.] |
japanese yew (encz) | Japanese yew, |
nutmeg-yew (encz) | nutmeg-yew, n: |
parasite yew (encz) | parasite yew, n: |
plum-fruited yew (encz) | plum-fruited yew, n: |
plum-yew (encz) | plum-yew, n: |
plum-yew family (encz) | plum-yew family, n: |
stinking yew (encz) | stinking yew, n: |
western yew (encz) | western yew, n: |
white-berry yew (encz) | white-berry yew, n: |
yew family (encz) | yew family, n: |
American 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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
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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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
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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.
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Dyewood (gcide) | Dyewood \Dye"wood`\, n.
Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.
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Eyewash (gcide) | Eyewash \Eye"wash\, n.
See Eyewater.
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Eyewater (gcide) | Eyewater \Eye"wa`ter\, n. (Med.)
A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.
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Eyewink (gcide) | Eyewink \Eye"wink`\, n.
A wink; a token. --Shak.
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Eyewinker (gcide) | Eyewinker \Eye"wink`er\, n.
An eyelash. [A child's word.]
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Eyewitness (gcide) | Eyewitness \Eye"wit`ness\, n.
One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of
anything.
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We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty. --2 Pet. i.
16.
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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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
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Yew (gcide) | Yew \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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yewen (gcide) | Yewen \Yew"en\, a.
Made of yew; as, yewen bows.
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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] |
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