NOUN | plant | spindleberry tree, spindle tree, spindleberry | any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries |
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Meaning | Any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries. | |
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Synonyms | spindle tree, spindleberry | |
Member of | Euonymus, genus Euonymus | widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines |
Narrower | common spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus | small erect deciduous shrub having tough / tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit |
winged spindle tree, Euonymous alatus | bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings | |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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