Euonymus
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See also: euonymus
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin euonymos (Pliny), from Ancient Greek εὐώνυμος (euṓnumos, “lucky”), from εὖ (eû, “good”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- English: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juːˈɒnɪməs/
Proper noun
[edit]Euonymus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – spindle trees, shrubs often cultivated as ornamental plants.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Celastrales - order; Celastraceae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Euonymus subg. Euonymus, Euonymus subg. Kalonymus - subgenera
References
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Euonymus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Euonymus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Euonymus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Euonymus at USDA Plants database
- ^ 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.