Euonymus
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin euonymos (Pliny), from Ancient Greek εὐώνυμος (euōnumos, “lucky”), from εὖ (eu, “good”) + ὄνομα (onoma, “name”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /juːˈɒnɪməs/
Proper noun [edit]
Euonymus
- A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae — shrubs often cultivated as ornamental plants.
Derived terms [edit]
- Euonymus europaeus (European spindle, type species[1])
References [edit]
- ^ 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.
