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:

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

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