Kew

[ kyoo ]

/ kyu /

noun

a part of Richmond, in Greater London, England: famous botanical gardens (Kew Gardens).

Can be confusedcue Kew queue

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Examples from the Web for kew

In 1964, Kitty Genovese, living in Kew Gardens, Queens, was fatally stabbed while crying out for help.
Penn State’s Tragedy Enabled by Coaches and Others Who Looked Away|Thane Rosenbaum|November 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
For a penny, I can any day of the week get taken by tram close to the magnificent Kew Gardens.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell
Lady Kew could delight in pictures, applaud good poetry, and squeeze out a tear over a good novel too.
The Newcomes|William Makepeace Thackeray
Hooker used to send Darwin some especially fine bananas grown in the Kew hothouses, and these were called Kew gooseberries.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin

At Kew it thrives well in peaty loam and limestone, and although it does not increase very quickly is yet happy and contented.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs|A. D. Webster
She lives somewhere near Kew Bridge, in a big, old-fashioned house on the river.
In Friendship's Guise|Wm. Murray Graydon

British Dictionary definitions for kew

Kew

/ (kjuː) /

noun

part of the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames: famous for Kew Gardens (the Royal Botanic Gardens), established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841

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Word Origin and History for kew

kew

1939, as a clipped form of thank you.