Yew

ū, n. a tree of genus Taxus —natural order Taxaceæ , itself a suborder of Coniferæ —widely diffused over the whole northern parts of the world, with narrow lanceolate or linear leaves (in Europe long planted in graveyards), yielding an elastic wood good for bows: its wood.— adj. Yew′en ( Spens. ), made of yew.— n. Yew′-tree . [A.S. íw , éow , éoh ; Ger. eibe , Ir. iubhar .]