Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yew

2 senses of yew

Sense 1
yew -- (wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 2
yew -- (any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves)
       => conifer, coniferous tree -- (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)