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Yow vs Yew - What's the difference?

yow | yew |

As an interjection yow

is expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.

As a noun 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.

As an adjective yew is

made from the wood of the yew tree.

yow

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.
  • You've been divorced four times? Yow !
  • Expression of pain; ouch.
  • Yow ! I dropped it on my toe!

    Synonyms

    * ouch, youch

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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.
  • *
  • 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

    * *