Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Euonymus \Eu*on"y*mus\, n. [NL. (cf. L. euonymos). fr. Gr. ?,
   lit., of good name.] (Bot.)
   A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle
   tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

Source : WordNet®

Euonymus
     n : widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees
         or vines [syn: {genus Euonymus}]