common spindle tree

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   small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit

   SynonymsEuonymus europaeus

   Broaderspindle tree

Questions about common spindle tree

What does common spindle tree mean?

common spindle tree means "small erect deciduous shrub having tough white wood and cathartic bark and fruit".

What is another word for common spindle tree?

Close synonyms include Euonymus europaeus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common spindle tree a common word?

common spindle tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.