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Yew vs Cedar - What's the difference?

yew | cedar |

In countable terms the difference between yew and cedar

is that yew is a species of coniferous tree, species: Taxus baccata, 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 while cedar is a flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera genus: Cedrela or genus: Toona.

In uncountable terms the difference between yew and cedar

is that yew is the wood of the such trees while cedar is the aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.

As an adjective yew

is made from the wood of the yew tree.

As a proper noun Cedar is

a programming language.

yew

English

(wikipedia yew) (Taxus)

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.
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  • 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

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    cedar

    English

    (wikipedia cedar) (Cedrus)

    Noun

  • (countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
  • (countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus'', ''Cupressus'', , or ''Thuja .
  • *
    • There had been dry seasons, accumulations of dust, wind-blown seeds, and cedars rose wonderfully out of solid rock.
  • (countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera .
  • (uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.

    • Derived terms

    * Alaska cedar * Alaska yellow cedar * Atlantic cedar * Atlantic white cedar * Atlas cedar * Barbados bastard cedar * Barbados cedar * bastard cedar * Bermuda cedar * Brazilian cedar * British Columbian cedar * Bussaco cedar * * Canary cedar * Cape cedar * cedar apple * cedar-apple rust * cedar ball * cedar bird * (Cedar Bluff) * (Cedar Bluffs) * (Cedar Beach) * cedar camphor * cedar chest * (Cedar City) * cedar closet * (Cedar County) * (Cedar Crest) * cedared * cedar elm * (Cedar Falls) * (Cedar Fire) * (Cedar Forest) * (Cedar Fort) * (Cedar Glen Lakes) * (Cedar Glen West) * cedar green, cedar-green * (Cedar Grove) * (Cedar Hill) * (Cedar Hill Lakes) * (Cedar Hills) * (Cedar Island) * (Cedar Key) * (Cedar Lake) * cedar leaf oil * cedar-like * cedar mahogany * cedar marble * (Cedar Mill) * (Cedar Mills) * (Cedar Mountain) * cedarn * cedar-nut * cedar of Goa * * cedar oil * (Cedar Park) * (Cedar Rapids) * (Cedar Revolution) * (Cedar River) * cedar robe * cedar shake * cedar shingle * cedar siding * (Cedar Springs) * cedar-swamp * (Cedar Township) * (Cedar Vale) * (Cedar Valley) * cedar waxwing * cedar-wood, cedarwood * cedar wood oil * cedary * Chilean cedar * Chinese cedar * cigar-box cedar * coast white cedar * Cyprus cedar * deodar cedar * Dominica cedar * east African cedar * eastern red cedar * East Indian cedar * falsa cedar * Goa cedar * ground cedar * Himalayan cedar * Honduras cedar * incense cedar * Jamaica cedar * Japan cedar * Japanese cedar * Lawson's cedar * Lebanon cedar * Mexican cedar * Nootka cedar * oil of cedar * Oregon cedar * Oregon white cedar * pencil cedar * pencil-wood cedar * Philippine cedar * Port Orford white cedar * prickly cedar * red Australian cedar * red Californian cedar * red cedar * redcedar * Russian cedar * salt cedar * Singapore cedar * southern red cedar * southern white cedar * Spanish cedar * stinking cedar * true cedar * Turkish cedar * Virginia red cedar * water cedar * West Indian cedar * white cedar * whitecedar * yellow cedar

    Related terms

    * cedr- * * cedrelaceous * cedrelate * cedrine

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