spindle tree

British  

noun

1. any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae

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Example Sentences

“You can tell it burned so hot. There are areas that are nothing but white ash and some little spindle trees. Just total devastation.”

From Los Angeles Times

Now they lay under the spindle trees and sniffed in weariness and doubt at the strange, bare country round them.

From Literature

In another apparent statement on the islands, South Korea has also revealed plans to name a group of spindle trees on the island as a national monument, Yonhap news agency reports.

From BBC

In the nutmeg and spindle tree this additional coat is formed from above downwards, constituting in the former case a laciniated scarlet covering called mace.

From Project Gutenberg

The fruit of which they make it comes from "Arabia the Happy," and the tree that I saw looks like a spindle tree, but the leaves are thicker, tougher, and greener.

From Project Gutenberg