| 单词 | English yew |
| 释义 | English yew (once / 537242 pages) n WORD FAMILY English yew: English yews USAGE EXAMPLESOne original tree survives — an English yew, a kind of tree that today is the source of drugs used to treat breast and ovarian cancer. Washington Post(Jun 08, 2014) To my mind, the old English yew is a greater favourite than the many foreign evergreens now introduced. Jefferies, Richard, World's End—A Story in Three Books(2011) He went not with the bold Buccleuch, His banner broad to rear; He went not 'gainst the English yew, To lift the Scottish spear. Widdemer, Margaret, The Haunted Hour—An Anthology(2010) n predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world Syn|Hyper Old World yew, Taxus baccata yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves |
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