Spindle-tree

  • 41spindleberry — noun any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries • Syn: ↑spindle tree, ↑spindleberry tree • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑common spindle tree, ↑ …

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  • 43National Pest Plant Accord — The National Pest Plant Accord identifies pest plants that are prohibited from sale and commercial propagation and distribution across New Zealand. The Accord came into effect on 1 October 2001 and is an agreement between regional councils and… …

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  • 44genus Euonymus — noun widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines • Syn: ↑Euonymus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Celastraceae, ↑family Celastraceae, ↑ …

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  • 45fusain — /fyooh zayn , fyooh zayn/; Fr. /fyuu zaonn /, n., pl. fusains / zaynz , zaynz/; Fr. / zaonn / for 2. 1. a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree. 2. a drawing made with this charcoal. 3. a blackish gray, friable… …

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  • 46fusain — /fjuˈzeɪn/ (say fyooh zayn) noun 1. a fine charcoal used in drawing, made from the wood of the spindle tree. 2. a drawing made with it. 3. a charcoal like constituent of coal consisting of plant remains from which the volatile matter has been… …

  • 47fusain — [fyo͞o′zān΄, fyo͞o zān′] n. [Fr, orig., spindle tree < VL * fusago (gen. * fusaginis) < L fusus, a spindle] 1. a type of fine charcoal pencil prepared from the wood of the spindle tree 2. a drawing made with this 3. a type of brittle,… …

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  • 48fu|sain — «fyoo ZAYN, French foo zan for 1,2; FYOO zayn, fyoo ZAYN for 3 », noun. 1. a fine charcoal used in drawing, made of the wood of the spindle tree. 2. a drawing done with this. 3. a constituent of bituminous coal, often forming a characteristic… …

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  • 49Euonymous alatus — noun bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China • Syn: ↑winged spindle tree • Hypernyms: ↑spindle tree, ↑spindleberry, ↑spindleberry tree …

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  • 50Euonymus europaeus — noun small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit • Syn: ↑common spindle tree • Hypernyms: ↑spindle tree, ↑spindleberry, ↑spindleberry tree …

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