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yew vs stinking yew

stinking yew vs yew

yew and stinking yew both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
yew Yes No No No
stinking yew Yes No No No
As nouns, stinking yew is a hyponym of yew; that is, stinking yew is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than yew:
  • yew: any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
  • stinking yew: rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
Other hyponyms of yew include California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica, stinking cedar, Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia, English yew, Old World yew, Taxus baccata, California yew, Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, western yew, Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata, Florida yew, Taxus floridana, Austrotaxus spicata, New Caledonian yew, Pseudotaxus chienii, white-berry yew.
yew (noun) stinking yew (noun)
any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
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