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Euonymus

noun

Widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines. Synonym: genus Euonymus.

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"Euonymus" Quotes from Famous Books

... distinguishable. Many songsters of the autumn seem to be the young cock red-breasts of that year: notwithstanding the prejudices in their favour, they do much mischief in gardens to the summer-fruits.* (* They eat also the berries of the ivy, the honeysuckle, and the euonymus ...

— The Natural History of Selborne • Gilbert White

... Rafflesiacea on low hills along the Paeen; it was attached to the roots of the same species of Cissus, on which it was found before. {40} I also gathered a Euonymus and a fine Engelhardtia. The hairs of the fruits of Engelhardtia create a disagreeable itching. All the Mishmees decline shewing me the road a foot in advance of this place. I tried every way I could think of, to overcome their objections, ...

— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith

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