#yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
supertype: conifer__coniferous_tree any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
substance: yew.wood
member of: family_Taxaceae
subtype: California_nutmeg__nutmeg-yew__Torreya_californica California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
subtype: stinking_cedar__stinking_yew__Torrey_tree__Torreya_taxifolia rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
subtype: Old_World_yew__English_yew__Taxus_baccata predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
subtype: Pacific_yew__California_yew__western_yew__westernyew__Taxus_brevifolia small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
subtype: Japanese_yew__Taxus_cuspidata shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
subtype: Florida_yew__Taxus_floridana small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
subtype: New_Caledonian_yew__Austrotaxus_spicata large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
subtype: white-berry_yew__whiteberryyew__pseudotaxuschienii yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries
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