As nouns the difference between yew and conifer
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 conifer is a plant belonging to the conifers; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
As an adjective yew
is made from the wood of the yew tree.
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
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(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
*
*
conifer
Noun
(
en noun)
(botany) A plant belonging to the conifers; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* coniferous
Anagrams
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