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Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

cis

English translation:

yew (-tree)

Added to glossary by Jerry Dean
Jan 27, 2007 15:12
17 yrs ago
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Polish term

cis

Polish to English Other Botany
Lasy bogate są w runo leśne, przyciągające amatorów jagód, borówek i grzybów (głównie koźlarzy, podgrzybków i maślaków). Występują tu też gatunki rzadkie i objęte ochroną, takie jak: cis, wawrzynek wilczełyko, mieczyk dachówkowy, a z ptaków: gadożer, trzmielojad, orlik krzykliwy, kania.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 yew (-tree)

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yew (-tree)

IMO

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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2007-01-29 11:05:09 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks to you too :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Michal Berski : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxus_baccata Yew
6 mins
:-)
agree Caryl Swift : Another highly poisonous species it would be well not to confuse with its milder relatives cf.Michal's link & http://tinyurl.com/24fzy8 //I knew sm in the UK whose 19-year-old son died from eating yew berries.He thought they were smth else ...
39 mins
Very poisonous for humans but some birds really like it :) I saw them eating the berries in my garden. And, thanks God the red colour did not attract my kids when they were little. My parents planted 4 where kids were not even planned. :)
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