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The seed cones are highly modified, each cone containing a single seed 4-7 mm long partly surrounded by a modified scale which develops into a soft, bright red berry-like structure called an aril, 8-15 mm long and wide and open at the end.
The leaves of yews are highly poisonous as is the rest of the plant except for the fleshy aril of the fruit (but the seed itself is poisonous).
 See also: Seed, Growing, Plant, Tree, Species
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