Yew
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Yew may refer to: In botany:
- Any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus:
- European Yew or Common Yew (Taxus baccata)
- Pacific Yew or Western Yew (Taxus brevifolia)
- Canadian Yew (Taxus canadensis)
- Chinese Yew (Taxus chinensis)
- Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
- Florida Yew (Taxus floridana)
- Mexican Yew (Taxus globosa)
- Sumatran Yew (Taxus sumatrana)
- Himalayan Yew (Taxus wallichiana)
- Any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae:
- White-berry Yew (Pseudotaxus chienii)
- New Caledonian Yew or Southern Yew (Austrotaxus spicata)
- Catkin-yew (Amentotaxus sp.)
- Plum-yew (Cephalotaxus sp.)
- Any of the various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae which are superficially similar to other yews:
- Prince Albert's Yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)
- Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)
- Specific trees:
- Fortingall Yew, the oldest tree in Europe
As a place name:
- in Singapore:
- Yew Tee, a district
- Yew Tee MRT Station
- Yew Lian Park
- in the United Kingdom
- Yew Tree, Liverpool
- Yew Tree Tarn, a lake in the Lake District
- Yew Tree, West Bromwich
- Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSI, a Site of Special Scientific Interest
As a fictional place name:
- Yew Dales, the home of Ull the winter god in Norse mythology
- Yew, a city-state in the fictional Ultima universe
As the title of a novel:
- The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie
- The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum
As a surname:
- Lui Tuck Yew, Singaporean rear admiral
- Lim Yew Hock, Singaporean chief minister
- Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean prime minister
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