euonymus
See also: Euonymus
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
euonymus (plural euonymuses)
- Any of many (often decorative) trees, shrubs and woody vines, of the genus Euonymus.
- 1945, John Betjeman, “A Subaltern's Love Song”:
- Her father's euonymus shines as we walk,
And swing past the summer-house, buried in talk,
And cool the verandah that welcomes us in
To the six-o'clock news and a lime-juice and gin.
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Synonyms
- spindle tree, spindle
Translations
tree of the genus Euonymus — see spindle
References
- euonymus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Euonymus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Euonymus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons