chestnut vs yew

chestnut

noun
  • The wood of a chestnut tree. 

  • A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human. 

  • A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea. 

  • A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree. 

  • A reddish-brown horse. 

  • A nut of this tree or shrub. 

  • An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut"). 

  • The horse-chestnut. 

adj
  • Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut. 

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. 

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