单词 | spindleberry |
释义 | spindleberry (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY spindleberry USAGE EXAMPLESSo, shall I swear by beech-husk, spindleberry, To break thee, saffron hair and peering eye, — To have the mastery? Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, Georgian Poetry 1920-22(2010) She turned away, spasmodically tearing the twigs of spindleberry from the hedge, and fastening them, with vibrating fingers, in the bosom of her coat. Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), Women in Love(2010) n any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries Syn|Hypo|Hyper spindle tree, spindleberry tree Euonymus europaeus, common spindle tree small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit Euonymous alatus, winged spindle treebushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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