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Definition: Euonymus |
EuonymusNoun1. Widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Euonymus \Eu*on"y*mus\, noun. [New Latin expression. (Compare to Latin euonymos). from Greek, literally, of good name.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: EuonymusSynonym: genus Euonymus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Euonymus |
| English words defined with "Euonymus": Euonymin, Euonymus americanus, Euonymus atropurpureus, Euonymus europaeus, Euonymus fortunei radicans, Euonymus radicans vegetus ♦ Gatten tree, genus Euonymus ♦ Prickwood ♦ spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Euonymus occidentalis, commonly known as Western Wahoo.Credit: Pete Figura. | |
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| "Euonymus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Euonymus" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Euonymus": Euonymus Americanus ♦ Euonymus atropurpureus ♦ Euonymus Europaeus ♦ euonymus fortunei radicans ♦ euonymus radicans vegetus ♦ genus Euonymus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Euonymus": euonymuses. (additional references) | |
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"Euonymus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ausonius, eponymus, equanimous, eucnemus, Eunomius, euonym, euonymous, euponymus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Euonymus" (pronounced 'Eu*on"y*mus'): Accismus, Animus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, Dedimus, Ginglymus, hippopotamus, humus, Hyoscyamus, IGNORAMUS, Inoceramus, Inspeximus, isthmus, Lacmus, Larypgismus, Lithodomus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Minimus, Mittimus, Momus, Mus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Prodromus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, tenesmus, thalamus, Thymus, Tilmus, trismus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-m-n-o-s-u-u-y" | |
-2 letters: moneys, mousey. | |
-3 letters: menus, meous, meson, money, mosey, moues, mouse, mousy, muons, neums, nomes, nosey, omens, youse. | |
-4 letters: emus, eons, meno, menu, meou, mons, mony, moue, muns, muon, muse, neum, noes, nome, noms, nose, nosy, nous, omen, ones, onus, oyes, snye, some, sone, sumo, syne, yens. | |
-5 letters: ems, emu, ens, eon, men, mon, mos. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-m-n-o-s-u-u-y" | |
+2 letters: euonymuses, numerously. | |
+4 letters: pseudonymous. | |
+5 letters: impecuniously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 75 6F 6E 79 6D 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110101 01101111 01101110 01111001 01101101 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E u o n y m u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0075 006F 006E 0079 006D 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3987818091798785 |
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