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yews

a genus of gymnosperms

sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States

small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves