spindle

spindle

A shrub whose pink, lobed fruit capsules open to reveal seeds with orange coverings.

Euonymus europaeus

All languages

English: spindle
Norwegian: beinved
Japanese: ニシキギ属 — にしきぎぞく — nishikigi-zoku
Korean: 유럽화살나무 — yureopwasallamu
Spanish: bonetero
French: fusain d'Europe
German: Pfaffenhütchen

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Reference sources

NC State Extension — European spindle upright maturing rounded shrub, opposite toothed pointed leaves, angular greenish-red twigs and pink-red capsules opening to orange arils