Euonymus

See also: euonymus

Translingual

Euonymus bungeanus

Etymology

From Latin euonymos (Pliny), from Ancient Greek εὐώνυμος (euṓnumos, “lucky”), from εὖ (eû, “good”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juːˈɒnɪməs/

Proper noun

Euonymus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – shrubs often cultivated as ornamental plants.

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Hyponyms

References

  1. ↑ 1913 [1897], Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown, An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions: from Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian, Volume 2, 2:490.

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