How many syllables in yew?

There is 1 syllable in the word yew.

Divide yew into syllables:

yew (noun):: pacific yew; a long-lived eurasian tree or shrub (t. baccata); a low straggling bush (t. canadensis) of the eastern u.s. and canada; wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows.; any of a genus (taxus of the family taxaceae, the yew family) of evergreen gymnospermous trees and shrubs with stiff linear leaves and seeds surrounded by a fleshy red aril such as

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