noun
bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China
• Syn: ↑Euonymous alatus
• Hypernyms: ↑spindle tree, ↑spindleberry, ↑spindleberry tree
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noun or winged euonymus : a shrub or small tree (Euonymus alatus) of China and Japan that has winged branches and is used as an ornamental
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a stiff, spreading shrub, Euonymus alata, of eastern Asia, having corky-winged twigs, yellowish flowers, and purplish fruit. Also called winged euonymus.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.