Yew vs Oak - 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.
(senseid)(lb) A tree of the genus Quercus .
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
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*:Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves, and the darker green of oaks , and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
(lb) The wood of the oak.
A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
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(colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
made of oak wood or timber
consisting of oak trees
In countable terms the difference between yew and oak
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 oak is (tree) A tree of the genus Quercus.In uncountable terms the difference between yew and oak
is that yew is the wood of the such trees while oak is the wood of the oak.yew
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(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
* *oak
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Derived terms
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* (oak tree) treeMeronyms
* (oak tree) acornAdjective
(-)- an oak' table, ' oak beam, etc
- an oak' wood, ' oak forest, etc