Spindle-tree

  • 31Gatten tree — Gat ten tree [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.] (Bot.) A name given to the small trees called guelder rose ({Viburnum Opulus}), cornel ({Cornus sanguinea}), and spindle tree ({Euonymus Europ[ae]us}). [1913 Webster] …

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  • 32staff-tree family — noun trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright colored fruits • Syn: ↑Celastraceae, ↑family Celastraceae, ↑spindle tree family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 33Strawberry tree — Strawberry Straw ber*ry, n. [AS. stre[ a]wberige; stre[ a]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a …

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  • 34dog tree — noun : any of several Old World trees and shrubs: as a. : red dogwood 1 b. : a spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) c. : an elder (Sambucus nigra) …

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  • 35European spindle — Taxobox name = PAGENAME image width = 250px image caption = European Spindle ( Euonymus europaeus ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Celastrales familia = Celastraceae genus = Euonymus species = E. europaeus …

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  • 36Japanese Spindle — Taxobox name = Japanese Spindle image width = 260px image caption = Foliage of the Japanese spindle ( Euonymus japonicus ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Celastrales familia = Celastraceae genus = Euonymus …

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  • 37Kadamba tree — Kadamba tree, botanical name Anthocephalus cadamba and Nauclea cadamba of the Rubiaceae family, is common in Indian subcontinent. The name Kadamba is a suffix to the dynasty of Mayursharma, the progenitor of his dynasty the Kadamba Dynasty which… …

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  • 38E Europaeus — Spindle Spin dle, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when… …

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  • 39spindletree — spindle tree n. See euonymus.   [So called because the wood is often used to make spindles.] * * * …

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  • 40euonymus — /yooh on euh meuhs/, n. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Euonymus, of northern temperate regions, having opposite leaves, branching clusters of small, greenish or purplish flowers, and crimson or rose colored capsules that on… …

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