spindleberry

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Noun

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spindleberry - any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berriesspindle tree, spindleberry treeEuonymus, genus Euonymus - widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vinescommon spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus - small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruitEuonymous alatus, winged spindle tree - bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central Chinabush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems