[ noun ] widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines <noun.plant>
Euonymus \Eu*on"y*mus\, n. [NL. (cf. L. euonymos). fr. Gr. ?, lit., of good name.] (Bot.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic. ※ ||