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The yew was an important material in the making of bows, and the word "r", yew, is often used metonymically to refer to bows.
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In 1993, taxol was discovered as a natural product in a newly described endophytic fungus living in the yew tree.
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However, yew's dense, multibranched habit is more difficult to manipulate.
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Some plants, including yews, are deadly and extremely fast-acting.
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Their ghosts are said to haunt the yew groves, and the trees themselves are said to come alive and move at night.
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Groups of yew trees and individual trees occur also over the whole territory of the national park.
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The oldest specimens are made of elm and some of the more recent examples are made of yew.
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The path follows an unmade road branching off to the left across farmland leading into dense woodland, where it is lined with yew trees.
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The largest yews attain a height of 50 meters; one is estimated to be 2,000 years old.
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Such arils are also found in a few species of gymnosperms, notably the yews and related conifers.
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