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    GENUS EUONYMUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vinesplay

    Synonyms:

    Euonymus; genus Euonymus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Euonymus" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Euonymus"):

    spindle tree; spindleberry; spindleberry tree (any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries)

    burning bush; Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo (deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds)

    Euonymus americanus; strawberry bush; wahoo (upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas)

    Euonymus fortunei radicans; Euonymus radicans vegetus; evergreen bittersweet (broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties)

    Holonyms ("genus Euonymus" is a member of...):

    Celastraceae; family Celastraceae; spindle-tree family; staff-tree family (trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits)

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