cardinal vs yew

cardinal

noun
  • Any of a genus of songbirds of the finch family, Cardinalis. 

  • One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.) 

  • Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related. 

  • A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red) 

  • A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth. 

adj
  • Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock). 

  • Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west). 

  • Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. 

  • Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal. 

yew

noun
  • Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. 

  • 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. 

  • in family Cephalotaxaceae 

  • The wood of the such trees. 

  • A bow for archery, made of yew wood. 

  • in family Podocarpaceae 

adj
  • Made from the wood of the yew tree. 

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