mahogany vs yew

mahogany

noun
  • Any of the trees from which such wood comes. 

  • A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. 

  • mahogany 

  • A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle. 

  • The wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. 

adj
  • Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown. 

  • Made of mahogany. 

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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