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yew vs western yew

western yew vs yew

yew and western yew both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
yew Yes No No No
western yew Yes No No No
As nouns, western yew is a hyponym of yew; that is, western 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
  • western yew: small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
Other hyponyms of yew include California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica, stinking cedar, stinking yew, Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia, English yew, Old World yew, Taxus baccata, California yew, Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata, Florida yew, Taxus floridana, Austrotaxus spicata, New Caledonian yew, Pseudotaxus chienii, white-berry yew.
yew (noun) western yew (noun)
any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
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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