Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > P Synonyms of pacific yew Find synonyms for: Noun1. Pacific yew, California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia, yewusage: small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained woodWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: temporize Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language