Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
source: Webster 1913
noun
wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
source: WordNet 3.0
any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
source: WordNet 3.0
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.
