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Yew vs Yu - What's the difference?

yew | yu |

As a noun yew

is (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.

As an adjective yew

is made from the wood of the yew tree.

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

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    yu

    English

    (wikipedia yu)

    Noun

  • An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.
  • * 1962 , William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes (page 34)
    • A group of slenderer yu''''' also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design A '''''yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these.
  • Nephrite or jadeite.
  • * 1818 , Clarke Abel, Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China , page 133:
    • The Yu , although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms
  • * 1826 , The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies :
    • Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite
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