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spindle tree

spindle tree noun: any of certain trees or any species belonging to the Euonymus genus, a group of flowering plants in the staff vine family.

spindle tree: any of certain trees or any species belonging to the Euonymus genus, a group of flowering plants in...
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Noun

spindle tree (plural spindle trees)

  1. Any of certain trees or any species belonging to the Euonymus genus, a group of flowering plants in the staff vine family.
    • The most dangerous pests that develop and feed in mid-field woodlots are aphids. In some seasons they lay eggs and feed within woodlots on woody plants, such as spindle trees (Euonymus spp.), guelder rose (Viburnum opulus), mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) and buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)...2000, Józef Banaszak, Ecology of Forest Islands, Bydgoszcz University Press, →ISBN, page 291
    Synonyms:
    euonymus, spindle

spindle tree meaning in Tamil

spindle tree in Tamil

நடுமாதிரை, வாலுளுவை, அலங்கங்கணம், சோதிகம், வீணி, அசுவவலக்கால்

Synonyms of spindle tree

Forms of spindle tree

pluralspindle trees
alternative formspindle-tree

Questions about spindle tree

What does spindle tree mean?
Spindle tree means any of certain trees or any species belonging to the Euonymus genus, a group of flowering plants in the staff vine family.
What is spindle tree in Tamil?
Spindle tree in Tamil is நடுமாதிரை, வாலுளுவை, அலங்கங்கணம். See Spindle tree meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spindle tree?
Spindle tree is a noun.
What is the plural of spindle tree?
The plural of spindle tree is spindle trees.

Words near spindle tree in the dictionary

  1. spindle neurons
  2. spindle poison
  3. spindle poisons
  4. spindle toxin
  5. spindle toxins
  6. spindle tree
  7. spindle trees
  8. spindle-legged
  9. spindle-shanked
  10. spindle-shaped
  11. spindle-tree

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