Pacific yew

Pacific yew

n. A yew (Taxus brevifolia) of western North America having bark that is a natural source of the drug paclitaxel.

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Pacific yew - small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained woodCalifornia yew, Taxus brevifolia, western yewgenus Taxus, Taxus - yewsyew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves