Yew vs Fir - What's the difference?
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(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.
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A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
(chiefly, countable, British) Any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''Abies ).
(chiefly, countable, US) A conifer of the genus Abies .
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(uncountable) Wood of such trees.
In uncountable terms the difference between yew and fir
is that yew is the wood of the such trees while fir is wood of such trees.As nouns the difference between yew and fir
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 fir is any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris or a true fir (Abies).As an adjective yew
is made from the wood of the yew tree.yew
English
(wikipedia yew) (Taxus)Noun
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-yewAdjective
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See also
* (Taxus baccata)Anagrams
* *fir
English
(wikipedia fir)Noun
- I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.