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200 10$aYew /$fFred Hageneder
210  1$aLondon :$cReaktion Books,$d2013.
210  4$dİ2013
215   $a1 online resource (210 p.)
225 1 $aBotanical Series
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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311   $a1-78023-189-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Yew; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Early Yew; Two: Botanical Yew; Three: Social Yew; Four: Ancient Yew; Five: Hospitable Yew; Six: Poisonous Yew; Seven: Political Yew; Eight: Aesthetic Yew; Nine: Metaphysical Yew; Ten: Sacred Yew; Eleven: Threatened Yew; Timeline; References; Further Reading; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
330   $a The yew is the oldest and most common tree in the world, but it is a plant of puzzling contradictions: it is a conifer with juicy scarlet berries, but no cones; deer can feast on its poisonous foliage, but it is lethal to farm animals; and it thrives where other plants cannot because of its extraordinarily low rate of photosynthesis. Exploring this paradoxical plant in Yew, Fred Hageneder surveys its position in religious and cultural history, its role in the creation of the British Empire, and its place in modern medicine. Hageneder explains the way the yew is able to renew itself from the i
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