| austrotaxus | (n) a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew, Syn. genus Austrotaxus |
| cephalotaxus | (n) the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews), Syn. genus Cephalotaxus |
| parasitaxus | (n) one species: parasite yew, Syn. genus Parasitaxus |
| pseudotaxus | (n) one species, Syn. genus Pseudotaxus |
| taxus | (n) yews, Syn. genus Taxus |
| american badger | (n) a variety of badger native to America, Syn. Taxidea taxus |
| florida yew | (n) small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves, Syn. Taxus floridana |
| japanese yew | (n) shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States, Syn. Taxus cuspidata |
| new caledonian yew | (n) large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii, Syn. Austrotaxus spicata |
| old world yew | (n) predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world, Syn. Taxus baccata, English yew |
| pacific yew | (n) small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood, Syn. California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia |
| parasite yew | (n) rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides, Syn. Parasitaxus ustus |
| white-berry yew | (n) yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries, Syn. Pseudotaxus chienii |