yew

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. Made from the wood of the yew tree.

noun

1. wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

Definition categories: plant, wood

2. any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

Definition categories: plant, conifer