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Meanings of european yew in inglês

A species of coniferous tree with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.

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        Examples for "yew"
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        He lives by himself in the yew tree outside the morning-room window.
        The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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        The second Act takes place near the sacred yew of the Thuleans.
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        Again, he was seated beneath the old yew tree in the churchyard.
        International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science -...
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        I have said that a decoration of yew trees circled the garden.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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        This spring a chaffinch built a nest in one of my yew-trees.
        Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
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        English yew also serves the purpose; so does almond wood.
        The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — ...
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        In 1938, willows sprouted around Broadbalk, but later they were replaced by gooseberry and English yew.
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