euonymus noun.
[ju:'ɒnɪmǝs] M18.[mod. Latin (Linnaeus) from Latin euonymos (Pliny) use as noun of Greek euōnumos having an honoured or auspicious name, formed as EU- + onuma name: see -NYM.]Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus
Euonymus (family Celastraceae), which includes the spindle tree,
E. europaeus.
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