noun
small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
• Syn: ↑Pacific yew, ↑California yew, ↑Taxus brevifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑yew
• Member Holonyms: ↑Taxus, ↑genus Taxus
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western yew,
= Pacific yew. (Cf. ↑Pacific yew)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.