Spindle tree Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
    spindleberry tree; spindleberry.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus Eunymus. The wood of E. Europæus was used for spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.

Webster 1913