/yooh on"euh meuhs/ , n.
any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Euonymus, of northern temperate regions, having opposite leaves, branching clusters of small, greenish or purplish flowers, and crimson or rose-colored capsules that on opening disclose the seed.
Also, evonymus .
[ 1760-70; euónymos of good name. See EU-, -ONYM, -OUS ]