COMMON SPINDLE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common spindle tree mean? 

• COMMON SPINDLE TREE (noun)
  The noun COMMON SPINDLE TREE has 1 sense:

1. small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit

  Familiarity information: COMMON SPINDLE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON SPINDLE TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common spindle tree; Euonymus europaeus

Hypernyms ("common spindle tree" is a kind of...):

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