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Spindle (Euonymus oxyphyllus)
This shrub gets its common name from the traditional use made from its twigs - to make the spindles used to spin raw wool. Less well-known traditional names are Prickwood, Skewer wood, Skiver and Pincushion shrub, all of which similarly describe the uses to which the twigs were put. Interestingly, the use made of its berries - as laxatives or treatment for head lice - never quite made it into the botanical dictionary!
Spindle (Euonymus oxyphyllus)
This shrub gets its common name from the traditional use made from its twigs - to make the spindles used to spin raw wool. Less well-known traditional names are Prickwood, Skewer wood, Skiver and Pincushion shrub, all of which similarly describe the uses to which the twigs were put. Interestingly, the use made of its berries - as laxatives or treatment for head lice - never quite made it into the botanical dictionary!