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单词 spindle tree
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  • However, betwixt the spare branches of the spindle-tree the child had seen the incident.

    A Love Episode|Emile Zola
  • Opposite leaves of Euonymus, or Spindle-tree, showing the successive pairs crossing each other at right angles.

    The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

spindle tree


noun

any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae

Words nearby spindle tree

spindle file, spindle-legged, spindlelegs, spindleshanks, spindle side, spindle tree, spindling, spindly, spin doctor, spindrift, spin-dry
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