Spindle-tree

  • 61Euonymus Europaeus — Gatten 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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  • 62Viburnum Opulus — Gatten 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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  • 63Miko — For the European human name, see Miko (name). Miko (巫女?, literally shaman woman ) is a Japanese term that anciently meant a female shaman, spirit medium who conveyed oracles from kami ( spirits; gods ), and currently means a shrine maiden; virgin …

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  • 64Celastrus — noun genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet • Syn: ↑genus Celastrus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Celastraceae …

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  • 65genus Celastrus — noun genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet • Syn: ↑Celastrus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Celastraceae, ↑ …

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  • 66fusain —    Fine charcoal in stick form, made from the wood of a spindle tree. [Do you know if this is the same or different from what is called willow or vine or lime charcoal? Please tell me how you know.    email Michael Delahunt ] The wood is dried… …

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  • 67Anarsia lineatella — 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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  • 68Angerona crocataria — 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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  • 69Apatela oblinita — 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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  • 70C triangularia — 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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