Definition of Old world yew

1. Noun. Predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world.

Exact synonyms: English Yew, Taxus Baccata
Group relationships: Genus Taxus, Taxus
Generic synonyms: Yew

Lexicographical Neighbors of Old World Yew

Old World hop hornbeam
Old World jay
Old World least weasel
Old World leishmaniasis
Old World mistletoe
Old World monkey
Old World monkeys
Old World oriole
Old World porcupine
Old World quail
Old World rabbit
Old World robin
Old World scops owl
Old World vulture
Old World warbler
Old World yew
Old world white pelican
Oldenberg
Oldfield
Oldham
Oldsmobile
Olduvai Gorge
Olea cunninghamii
Olea europaea
Olea lanceolata
Oleaceae
Oleales
Oleandra
Oleandra mollis
Oleandra neriiformis

Literary usage of Old world yew

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"The Old-World yew, a native of Europe, Asia and Africa, is especially abundant in the region of the English Channel, where the chalky soil seems best ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... are there—the scales and the naked ovules—though development obliterates the signs of relationship to the pines and hemlocks. The Old-World Yew (T. ..."

3. Biennial Report of the California State Board of Forestry for the Years by California State Board of Forestry (1886)
"The principal old world yew is Taxus baccata, Linnaeus, found in most parts of Europe at elevations of one thousand to two thousand feet, from the mountains ..."

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