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Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata is an Old World species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae. It is the tree originally known as yew, though to distinguish it from related species it is sometimes called common yew, European yew, or, in North America, English yew.

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Taxonomy

Description

Distribution

Habitat and ecology

Conservation

Harmfulness

Uses

Traditions

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Taxus baccata

Nodes207
Edges206
Triples60
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009662
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Taxus baccata

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related to Conservation · 23
Taxus baccata → Cantabrian Range, Catalonia, Clippings, DNA, Edinburgh, Forest Sciences Centre, Fortingall Yew, Historically, In, International Yew Conference, It, Its, Northern Spain, Poblet Monastery, Portugal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Taxus, The, There, Trees
related to Taxonomy · 16
Taxus baccata → Baccata, Carl Linnaeus, Celtic, Greek, It, Latin, Linnaeus, Middle English, Old English, Old Irish, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Species Plantarum, Taxus, The, Welsh
related to External links · 11
Taxus baccata → Biology Conservation Department Archived, Catalonia, Catalonia Forest Sciences Centre, CTFC, EUFORGEN, European Forest Genetic Resources, Images, Monumentaltrees, Programme, TAXUS, Wayback MachineTaxus
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Taxus baccata → Old World species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae

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taxus baccata yew var carrière ex tree beissn rehder lawson yews trees old koch pilg pyramidalis gordon irish species wood

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Taxus baccatais aOld World species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae0.90text
lutesinstance ofand transpiration through the skin.The wood has been prized for making longbows and for musical instruments0.80text
Old Irish ēoinstance ofwhich also gave rise to Celtic forms0.80text
Welsh yweninstance ofwhich also gave rise to Celtic forms0.80text
atropine have been used to treat the symptomsinstance ofbut drugs0.80text
musical instrumentsinstance offinding use in the Middle Ages in items0.80text
furnitureinstance offinding use in the Middle Ages in items0.80text
and longbowsinstance offinding use in the Middle Ages in items0.80text
Pliny the Elderinstance ofmentioned by Roman historians0.80text
may have been hollow trees or structures of yew branches.Scholars have proposed that the yew was important to Celtic peoplesinstance ofmentioned by Roman historians0.80text
Taxus baccatarelated to ConservationHistorically0.60section
Taxus baccatarelated to ConservationIt0.60section

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