cherry vs yew

cherry

noun
  • The wood of a cherry tree. 

  • The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans. 

  • A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves. 

  • Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries. 

  • Cherry red. 

  • Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen. 

  • A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car. 

  • A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem. 

  • The burning tip of a cigarette. 

  • A cricket ball. 

adj
  • Of a bright red colour; cherry red. 

  • Containing or having the taste of cherries. 

  • In excellent condition; mint condition. 

yew

noun
  • The wood of the such trees. 

  • 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. 

  • Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. 

  • in family Cephalotaxaceae 

  • A bow for archery, made of yew wood. 

  • in family Podocarpaceae 

adj
  • Made from the wood of the yew tree. 

How often have the words cherry and yew occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )