| 单词 | Pacific yew |
| 释义 | Pacific yew (once / 1688473 pages) n WORD FAMILY Pacific yew USAGE EXAMPLESOne of these substances, taxane, from the Pacific yew tree, has become a powerful treatment for breast and other cancers. New York Times(Apr 12, 2012) It is similar to taxol, another cancer drug based on a compound made by Pacific yew trees. Reuters(Oct 06, 2010) NIH researchers discovered that Pacific yew trees could yield a compound used to make Taxol and related cancer chemotherapy drugs, for instance. Reuters(Feb 24, 2010) n small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood Syn|Hyper California yew, Taxus brevifolia, western yew yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves |
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