Pacific yew
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Pacific yew — noun small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close grained wood • Syn: ↑California yew, ↑western yew, ↑Taxus brevifolia • Hypernyms: ↑yew • Member Holonyms: ↑Taxus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pacific yew — ▪ plant also called western yew, California yew, Oregon yew, or American yew (Taxus brevifolia), an evergreen timber tree of the yew family (Taxaceae). It is the only commercially important yew native to North America, where it is found… … Universalium
Pacific yew — trumpaspyglis kukmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kukmedinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Taxus brevifolia), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Taxus brevifolia angl. Pacific yew; western… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Pacific yew — noun Date: circa 1890 a small or medium slow growing irregularly branched yew (Taxus brevifolia) of the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada that yields a fine grained hardwood and is the source of paclitaxel … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pacific yew — /pəsɪfɪk ˈju/ (say puhsifik yooh) noun a small to medium conifer of the Pacific coast of North America, Taxus brevifolia, which produces in the bark a substance called paclitaxel used in some forms of cancer chemotherapy …
Yew — may refer to:Botany*Any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus : **European Yew or Common Yew ( Taxus baccata ) **Pacific Yew or Western Yew ( Taxus brevifolia ) **Canadian Yew ( Taxus canadensis ) **Chinese Yew ( Taxus… … Wikipedia
yew — yew1 /yooh/, n. 1. any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a … Universalium
yew — noun Etymology: Middle English ew, from Old English īw; akin to Old High German īwa yew, Middle Irish eó Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of a genus (Taxus of the family Taxaceae, the yew family) of evergreen gymnospermous trees and shrubs… … New Collegiate Dictionary
yew — yü n any of a genus (Taxus of the family Taxaceae, the yew family) of evergreen trees and shrubs with stiff linear leaves and seeds surrounded by a fleshy red aril esp one (T. brevifolia) of the Pacific coast of the U.S. and Canada whose bark… … Medical dictionary
Pacific Playwrights Festival — The Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF), a national forum for playwrights and theatre leaders, is dedicated to developing and producing new American plays. It is held every summer at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California.Within the… … Wikipedia
