English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of yew

yew

/ एक प्रकार का सदा हरा पेड;

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English Dictionary:

1. Yew

[a.]

- Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.

2. Yew

[n.]

- An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
- The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
- A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

3. Yew

[v. i.]

- See Yaw.