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Noun: western yew
  1. Small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
    - Pacific yew, California yew, Taxus brevifolia

Derived forms: western yews

Type of: yew

Part of: genus Taxus, Taxus

Encyclopedia: Western yew