Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.
The name is most prominently given to 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)
The name also is used for 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.)
Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, which are superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name:
- Prince Albert's Yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)
- Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)
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Famous quotes containing the word yew:
“My silks and fine array,
My smiles and languish’d air,
By Love are driv’n away;
And mournful lean Despair
Brings me yew to deck my grave:
Such end true lovers have.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“Reptilian green the wrinkled throat,
Green as a bough of yew the beard;
He bent his head, and so I smote;”
—Yvor Winters (1900–1968)