Celastraceae

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Also Known As	staff-tree family • bittersweet family

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winged spindle tree winter creeper euonymus Euonymus Celastrus khat Oriental bittersweet Mojave thorn European spindle tree Paxistima canbyi western burning bush Aquifoliaceae

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