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winged spindle tree

DEFINITIONS OF: winged spindle tree

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

Synonyms:
Euonymous alatus
Type of:
spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree
any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
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