Yew

Yew can mean the following:

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• Originally, it referred to the species Taxus baccata (also now called European Yew or Common Yew)
• Subsequently, applied to other species in the genus Taxus
• And also more generally to other genera in the family Taxaceae and the closely related family Cephalotaxaceae
• The name has also sometimes been applied to some species in the superficially similar, but less closely related family Podocarpaceae

Yew is also a variant English transliteration of the Chinese personal name ? (pinyin spelling Y?o; meaning "brilliance"), most notably used for former Singapore Premier, Lee Kuan Yew.

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Chinese: Chinese can mean:...

Pinyin: Pinyin (??, p?ny?n) literally means "join (together) sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to H?ny? P?ny?n (????, literal meaning: "Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcripti...

Singapore: The Republic of Singapore (Simplified Chinese: ??????; Pinyin: X?nji?p? G?ngh?gu?, Malay: Republik Singapura; Tamil: ??????????? ????????), is an island city-state in Southeast Asia, situated on the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of the Indonesia...

Yew related Images and Photos (experimental)

Pacific Yew Tree Bark Close Up (Taxus Brevifolia) Olympic National Park Washington

Pacific Yew Tree Taxus Brevifolia Close-Up of Bark Taxus Brevifolia