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How to pronounce “yew”
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Pronunciation guide for yew
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of yew with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Destined for War: America & China
So the world's premier China watcher was Lee Kuan Yew.
- Definition summary
- (countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
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How to pronounce yew
Destined for War: America & China
So the world's premier China watcher was Lee Kuan Yew.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “yew”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
- (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
- Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus:
- (uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
- A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
- [Adjective]
- Made from the wood of the yew tree.
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