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Noun: spindle-tree family
  1. Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-coloured fruits
    - Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, staff-tree family

Derived forms: spindle-tree families

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Sapindales, Sapindales

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spindle
spindle horn
spindle tree
spindleberry
spindleberry tree
spindle-legged
spindlelegs
spindle-shanked
spindleshanks
spindle-shaped
spindle-tree family
spindling
spindly
spindrift
spin-dry
spine
spine-chilling
spine-chillingly
spinel
spinel ruby
spineless