Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spindle tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: spindle tree
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of certain trees or any species belonging to the Euonymus genus, a group of flowering plants in the staff vine family.

Example Sentences

"The most dangerous pests that develop and feed in mid-field woodlots are aphids. In some seasons they lay eggs and feed within woodlots on woody plants, such as spindle trees (Euonymus spp.), guelder rose (Viburnum opulus), mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) and buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), which are rare in woodlots, or hawthorns (Crataegus spp.) and bird cherry (Prunus padus), which are more common there."

Inflected Forms

spindle trees (plural) spindle-tree (alternative)

Synonyms

euonymus spindle spindleberry spindleberry tree

Questions

What does spindle tree mean?: Any of certain trees or any species belonging to the Euonymus genus, a group of flowering plants in the staff vine family.

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