A dark green evergreen tree with poisonous red berries, often planted in churchyards and used to make medieval longbows.
From Old English 'eow' and probably from Proto-Germanic. The tree appears in pre-Christian European symbolism tied to death and eternity.
Yew trees can live 2,000+ years and are so tough that some churchyard yews are older than the churches themselves—they're basically Earth's immortal witnesses to human history!
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