yew Význam & definícia

Príklady yew

• Britain's oldest tree is thought to be a 3,800-year-old yew at Ashbrittle church in Somerset.

• avenues of lime and yew

• Yew trees are the source of the anti-cancer drug taxol.

• Yew berries are poisonous.

• a solid yew four-poster bed

• For example, women with ovarian cancer are beneficiaries of taxol from yew trees and consequently some public monies are appropriate for the development of taxol chemotherapy.

• Several plants and hedges can affect livestock—boxbroom, laurel and yew are all poisonous to livestock.

• For example, the old, historic yew hedges around the country might be 9 or 10 ft tall, but they are entirely appropriate to their environment.