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Definition of Euonymus
1. Noun. Widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Celastraceae, Family Celastraceae, Spindle-tree Family, Staff-tree Family
Member holonyms: Spindle Tree, Spindleberry, Spindleberry Tree, Burning Bush, Euonymus Atropurpureus, Wahoo, Euonymus Americanus, Strawberry Bush, Wahoo, Euonymus Fortunei Radicans, Euonymus Radicans Vegetus, Evergreen Bittersweet
Definition of Euonymus
1. n. A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.
Definition of Euonymus
1. Noun. Any of many (often decorative) trees, shrubs and woody vines, of the genus ''Euonymus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Euonymus
1. any of a genus of shrubs or small trees [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Euonymus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Euonymus
Literary usage of Euonymus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"euonymus atropurpureus Jacquin.—Wahoo, Burning Bush. ... euonymus is a mild and
somewhat uncertain purgative, having probably some cholagogue action. ..."
2. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"euonymus (Wahoo) Introduced, in the Secondary List, into the USP in I860, ...
From euonymus was derived a so-called Eclectic resinoid or "concentrate," that ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"called the Treasure of euonymus'—is dated 1565, b. 1.4to ; it was also published
by Daye. [Foster's Alumni Oxon.; Wood's ..."
4. Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1902)
"euonymus. US Fl. ex. 60. Extract 30. Wahoo, Spindle tree, Burning bush, ...
(de bonnet de pretre), Fr. The root bark of euonymus atropurpureus, Jacquin, ..."
5. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics by Roberts Bartholow (1882)
"euonymus possesses cathartic properties similar to rhubarb, and is an excellent
remedy in hepatic and intestinal disorders requiring the use of such a ..."
6. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1917)
"Eucalyptol is an organic oxide (cineol) obtained from the volatile oil during
distillation. euonymus ATROPURPUREUS COMMON NAME—Burning Bush, Wahoo. ..."
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