As a letter s
is the letter s with a.
As a noun yew is
(countable) a species of coniferous tree, , with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern europe, northwest africa, northern iran and southwest asia.
As an adjective yew is
made from the wood of the yew tree.
s
Translingual
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wikipedia s)
Letter
The nineteenth letter of the .
Symbol
(
wikipedia)
(
mul-symbol)
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
See also
(
Latn-script)
*
* (esh)
* (dze)
*
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Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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yew
Noun
(countable) A species of coniferous tree, , with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus .
Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus
# in family
# in family
(uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
*
A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
Synonyms
* , (common yew)
Derived terms
* (
European yew), (
common yew) (
Taxus baccata )
* (
Pacific yew), (
western yew) ()
* (
Canadian yew) ()
* (
Chinese yew) ()
* Japanese yew (
Taxus cuspidata )
* (
Florida yew) ()
* (
Mexican yew) ()
* (
Sumatran yew) ()
* (
Himalayan yew) ()
* (
white-berry yew) ()
* (
New Caledonian yew), (
southern yew) ()
* (
catkin yew) ( sp.)
* (
plum yew) (also plum-yew) ( sp.)
* (
vern,
Prince Albert's yew) ()
* self-yew
Adjective
(-)
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
References
See also
* (Taxus baccata)
Anagrams
*
*
