Yew

Yew can mean the following:

In 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.)

As a personal name:

A variant English transliteration of the Chinese personal name 耀 (pinyin spelling Yào; meaning "brilliance")
*Lee Kuan Yew (1923–), Prime Minister of Singapore 1959–1990
*Lim Yew Hock (1914–1984), Chief Minister of Singapore 1956–1959

As a place name:

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