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euonymus (iou)



euonymus noun. M18.
[mod. Latin (Linnaeus) from Latin euonymos (Pliny) use as noun of Greek euonumos 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.