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Definition of "yews" []

  • Plural form of yew. (noun)

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Use "yews" in a sentence
  • "The yew tribe has fewer genera or species; but the trees in America known as yews and hemlocks -- of which there are several varieties -- belong to it."
  • "Thus we have seen how, after recognising basaltic formations, the observers discovered flowers: they next see a lunar forest, whose 'trees were of one unvaried kind, and unlike any on earth except the largest kind of yews in the English churchyards.'"
  • "For conifers, such as yews, junipers and arborvitae, the advice isn't as straightforward."