yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

California nutmeg, nutmeg-yew, Torreya californica - California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor

stinking cedar, stinking yew, Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia - rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed

family Taxaceae, Taxaceae, yew family - sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

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

English yew, Old World yew, Taxus baccata - predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

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

Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata - shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States

Florida yew, Taxus floridana - small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves

Austrotaxus spicata, New Caledonian yew - large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii

Pseudotaxus chienii, white-berry yew - yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries

conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones