English > Euonymus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines. |
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Synonym | genus Euonymus |
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Member of | Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family | Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits |
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Members | evergreen bittersweet, Euonymus fortunei radicans, Euonymus radicans vegetus | Broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit |
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spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree | Any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries |
strawberry bush, wahoo, Euonymus americanus | upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds |
wahoo, burning bush, Euonymus atropurpureus | deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | euonymus, genus euonymus |
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Catalan | euonymus, Euonymus, Evònim, genus euonymus |
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