spindle tree

English

A specimen of Euonymus europaeus, bearing fruit in autumn.

Alternative forms

• spindle-tree

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.

   Synonyms: euonymus, spindle

   • 2000, Józef Banaszak, Ecology of Forest Islands, Bydgoszcz University Press, →ISBN, page 291:

     The most dangerous pests that develop and feed in mid-field woodlots are aphids. In some seasons they lay eggs and feed within woodlots on woody plants, such as spindle trees (Euonymus spp.), guelder rose (Viburnum opulus), mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) and buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), which are rare in woodlots, or hawthorns (Crataegus spp.) and bird cherry (Prunus padus), which are more common there.

Translations

tree of the genus Euonymus — see spindle

References

• spindle tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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