- yews
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American English homophones. 2014.
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yews — juË n. evergreen tree with poisonous needles; wood of yew tree; bow made of yew wood (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
yews — see ewes … English homophone dictionary
Tommy Yews — Thomas Peace Yews (February 28 1902 ndash; August 1966) was an English footballer, playing as a winger.Tommy Yews was born in Wingate, County Durham and joined West Ham United from Hartlepool United for a fee of £150 in 1923.Yews played in the… … Wikipedia
Great Yews — (gbmapping|SU120231) is a 29.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.ource* [http://www.english nature.org.uk/citation/citation photo/1003635.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site]… … Wikipedia
Taxus — Taxobox name = Taxus image width = 240px image caption = Taxus baccata (European Yew) shoot with mature and immature cones regnum = Plantae divisio = Pinophyta classis = Pinopsida ordo = Pinales familia = Taxaceae genus = Taxus genus authority =… … Wikipedia
Taxus baccata — (European Yew) shoot with mature and immature cones Conservation status … Wikipedia
yew — Yew trees symbolize both death and immortality, being poisonous but long lived, and able to re root their branches to produce fresh saplings. Until the 18th century, their foliage was laid in coffins and graves at *funerals. The custom of… … A Dictionary of English folklore
conifer — /koh neuh feuhr, kon euh /, n. 1. any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies… … Universalium
Pseudotaxus — Taxobox name = Pseudotaxus chienii status = EN status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Plantae divisio = Pinophyta classis = Pinopsida ordo = Pinales familia = Taxaceae genus = Pseudotaxus species = P. chienii binomial = Pseudotaxus chienii binomial… … Wikipedia
Cantabrian mythology — It seems that the native Cantabrian mythology connected, from the beginning and with the passing of the years, with Celtic and Roman mythology becoming partly related with legends and traditions from the rest of the Cantabrian Mountains. In most… … Wikipedia
