Spindle-tree
111order Sapindales — noun an order of dicotyledonous plants • Syn: ↑Sapindales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑class D …
112Sapindales — noun an order of dicotyledonous plants • Syn: ↑order Sapindales • Hypernyms: ↑plant order • Member Holonyms: ↑Dicotyledones, ↑class Dicotyledones, ↑Dicotyledonae, ↑ …
113witchwood — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: witch (I) + wood 1. dialect England a. : wych elm b. : rowan tree 1 …
114cel|as|tra|ceous — «SEHL uh STRAY shuhs», adjective. belonging to the staff tree family of plants, that includes the climbing bittersweet, spindle tree, and strawberry bush. ╂[< New Latin Celastraceae the family name (< Greek k kind of evergreen)] …
115Euonymin — Eu*on y*min, n. (Med.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from {Euonymus atropurpureus}, or spindle tree. [1913 Webster] || …
116Euonymus — Eu*on y*mus, n. [NL. (cf. L. euonymos). fr. Gr. ?, lit., of good name.] (Bot.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic. [1913 Webster] || …
117Euonymus atropurpureus — Euonymin Eu*on y*min, n. (Med.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from {Euonymus atropurpureus}, or spindle tree. [1913 Webster] || …
118Euonymus Europaeus — Prickwood Prick wood , n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Euonymus Europ[ae]us}); so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also {spindle tree}. [1913 Webster] …
119Fusain — Fu sain , n. [F., the spindle tree; also, charcoal made from it.] (Fine Arts) (a) Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. (b) A drawing made with it. See {Charcoal}, n. 2, and {Charcoal drawing}, under {Charcoal}. [1913… …
120Prickwood — Prick wood , n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Euonymus Europ[ae]us}); so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also {spindle tree}. [1913 Webster] …
