western yew

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsPacific yewCalifornia yewTaxus brevifolia

   Broaderyew

   Part ofTaxus

Questions about western yew

What does western yew mean?

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

What is another word for western yew?

Close synonyms include Pacific yew, California yew, Taxus brevifolia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is western yew a common word?

western yew is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.