euonymus
nounEtymology From the genus name.
1
Any of many (often decorative) trees, shrubs and woody vines, of the genus Euonymus.
- 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.1945, John Betjeman, “A Subaltern's Love Song”:
- Synonyms
- spindle tree, spindle
- Derived terms
- climbing euonymus, box-leaf euonymus, dwarf euonymus, winged euonymus, wintercreeper euonymus