HyperDic: spindle_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression spindle tree:
NOUNplantspindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry treeany shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
English > spindle tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries.
Synonymsspindleberry, spindleberry tree
Member ofEuonymus, genus Euonymuswidely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines
Narrowercommon spindle tree, Euonymus europaeussmall erect deciduous shrub having tough / tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit
winged spindle tree, Euonymous alatusbushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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