Euonymus

euonymus Translingual thumb|Euonymus bungeanus Etymology mul la euonymos (Pliny), from mul grc εὐώνυμος lucky, from grc εὖ good + grc ὄνομα name. Pronunciation en /juːˈɒnɪməs/ RP Proper noun 1 m genus family Celastraceae spindle trees, shrubs often cultivated as ornamental plants Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Euonymus subg. Euonymus subgenus, Euonymus subg. Kalonymus subgenus - subgenera Euonymus europaeus species (European spindle) - type species1913 [1897], Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown, An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions: from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian, Volume 2, 2:490. References 1 1 1 EUONY mul Staff vine family plants