0 an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with flat leaves like needles and small, red cones, or the wood from this tree -- 紫杉；紫杉木
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.
I note the misprint showing ewes spelt "yews".
I am seeking to protect farmers from highway authorities which are over zealous in the matter of planting yew trees in the wrong places.
I do not think that we could expect yew to grow underneath the trees.
All over the country there are graveyards with yew trees in them.
What is suitable in the countryside is not necessarily suitable in an urban environment, where avenues of cypress trees or yew hedges can cause problems.
