Yew

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Yew may refer to:

Botany

• 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)
• 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.)
• Any of the various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae which are superficially similar to other yews:
  • Prince Albert's Yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)
  • Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)

Specific trees

• Fortingall Yew, the oldest tree in Europe

Place names

• in Singapore:
  • Yew Tee, a district
  • Yew Tee MRT Station
  • Yew Lian Park
• in the United Kingdom
  • Yew Tree, Liverpool
  • Yew Tree Tarn, a lake in the Lake District
  • Yew Tree, West Bromwich
  • Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSI, a Site of Special Scientific Interest
• in the Tmn Bukit Segar, KL, Malaysia
  • Yew Residence

Fictional place names

• Yew Dales, the home of Ull the winter god in Norse mythology
• Yew, a city-state in the fictional Ultima universe

Novels

• The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie
• The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum

People

• Lui Tuck Yew, Singaporean rear admiral
• Lim Yew Hock, Singaporean chief minister
• Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean prime minister

Others

• Yew Chung International School
• You (disambiguation)