A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Fri, 7 Feb '25
Tree with red berrylike fruit
Sat, 11 Jan '25
Material for Robin Hood's bow
Thu, 14 Nov '24
Tree mentioned in the witches' brew rhyme in "Macbeth"
Thu, 25 Jul '24
Fine-grained wood
Sat, 7 Oct '23
Material for Voldemort's wand and Robin Hood's bow
Wed, 23 Nov '22
Evergreen tree with poisonous seeds
Tue, 27 Sep '22
Bow-making wood
Wed, 6 Jul '22
Certain evergreen