yew tree

collocation in English

meaningsofyewandtree

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yew
noun
uk
/juː/us
/juː/
an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with flat leaves like needles and small, red ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofyewandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The farmer's cattle can lean across the fence—they would not be straying on to the highway—and nibble at the branches of theyewtree.
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In the churchyard is a very oldyewtree.
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In the churchyard is ayewtreesaid to be 2,500 years old.
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In the churchyard there is an ancient and very largeyewtreeand a war memorial.
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Theyewtreein the churchyard is believed to date from 1770.
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The largeyewtreestood on the lawn facing the front of the house.
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In the churchyard in 1911 was a hollow shortyewtreemeasuring about in diameter.
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An ancientyewtreestands in the churchyard.
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Theyewtreecan often be found in church graveyards and is symbolic of sadness.
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He settles on a spot in ayewtreethat is far from the battlefield.
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The size of theyewtreeby the present door suggests an ancient sacred site.
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The windmill was discovered in 1995, with a matureyewtreestanding very close to it.
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The oldest living organism in the churchyard is the veteranyewtreenear the south gate.
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There is also ayewtreethat is thought to be about 1500 years old.
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Also in the churchyard is an ancientyewtree.
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Near the gate stands an oldyewtreewhich is 4.1 metres in girth.
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In the middle of the former cloister, there is still the 500 year-oldyewtree.
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Theyewtreeis quite famous, although it was quite damaged in storms, when it was hit by lightning.
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