"spindle tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spindle trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spindle tree (plural spindle trees)
  1. Any of certain trees or any species belonging to the Euonymus genus, a group of flowering plants in the staff vine family. Categories (lifeform): Staff vine family plants, Trees Synonyms: euonymus, spindle, spindle-tree

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