winged spindle tree

Definitions of winged spindle tree
  1. noun
    bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings; brilliant red in autumn; northeastern Asia to central China
    synonyms: Euonymous alatus
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    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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