winged spindle tree

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   bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China

   SynonymsEuonymous alatus

   Broaderspindle tree

Questions about winged spindle tree

What does winged spindle tree mean?

winged spindle tree means "bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China".

What is another word for winged spindle tree?

Close synonyms include Euonymous alatus. 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 winged spindle tree a common word?

winged 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.