Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various trees, shrubs, or woody vines of the genus Euonymus, many species of which are cultivated for their decorative foliage.
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- noun Any of many (often
decorative )trees ,shrubs andwoody vines , of the genusEuonymus .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I only came up with "euonymus" but I am not sure if the terms are related.
On simplifying English DC 2007
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The deck resplendent with blue and purple pansies, impatiens, forced tulips, flame saffron and pixie euonymus cuttings from her mother's greenhouse.
Arasoi Chuugi Axey Moskevyu 2011
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Adaptable ornamental species such as blue oat grass, boxleaf euonymus, and New Zealand sedge, were also planted because these species are low-maintenance and fit very well in the neighborhood context.
Hyperlocalizing Hydrology in the Post-Industrial Urban Landscape 2008
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Mickey is such a nice guy to not only give you the euonymus but plant it!
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Adaptable ornamental species such as blue oat grass, boxleaf euonymus, and New Zealand sedge, were also planted because these species are low-maintenance and fit very well in the neighborhood context.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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Thence through a square of stuccoed lodging-houses, that seemed a finer and cleaner version of my native square, I came to a garden of asphalt and euonymus — the Sea Front.
In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006
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I remember Japanese maple trees, forsythia in bloom, the blush pink of a flowering crab, or euonymus branches with their bare, intricately twisted limbs, a few of which she would clip regularly to put in a tall vase in her window.
No More Words Reeve Lindbergh 2001
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I remember Japanese maple trees, forsythia in bloom, the blush pink of a flowering crab, or euonymus branches with their bare, intricately twisted limbs, a few of which she would clip regularly to put in a tall vase in her window.
No More Words Reeve Lindbergh 2001
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_Cleyera Japonica; _ cotoneasters and pyracantha; eleagnus of the types grown under glass in the North; gardenias; euonymus (A); hollies (A); anise-tree, _Illicium anisatum; _ cherry laurels, _Prunus_ or
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Thence through a square of stuccoed lodging-houses, that seemed a finer and cleaner version of my native square, I came to a garden of asphalt and euonymus -- the
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