| 单词 | spindle tree |
| 释义 | spindle tree (once / 241211 pages) n WORD FAMILY spindle tree: spindle trees USAGE EXAMPLESIn the nutmeg and spindle tree this additional coat is formed from above downwards, constituting in the former case a laciniated scarlet covering called mace. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) By the way, I have two, for the Spindle Tree is in seed, which has a quite insignificant blossom. Hewlett, Maurice Henry, In a Green Shade—A Country Commenta...(2010) Half hidden by a spindle tree, they were sitting on the grass in the middle of the lawn. Zola, Émile, A Love Episode(2010) n any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries Syn|Hypo|Hyper spindleberry, 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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