English yew

American  

noun

1. a yew, Taxus baccata, of Eurasia and northern Africa, grown as an ornamental.

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Etymology

Origin of English yew

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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English yew

It is not advisable here to go further into this subject; let it stand that the English yew long bow is the highest type of artillery in the world.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Pope, Saxton

Spanish yew is considered the choicest, next comes the Italian, then the English yew; lancewood and lancewood backed with hickory are used more than any other.

From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.

To my mind, the old English yew is a greater favourite than the many foreign evergreens now introduced.

From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard

He went not with the bold Buccleuch, His banner broad to rear; He went not 'gainst the English yew, To lift the Scottish spear.

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret

He was followed by a body of his yeomen armed in like manner, and by a band of archers with bows made of the tough English yew tree.

From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington