Euonymuses

/juːˈɒnɪməsɪz/ noun

Definition

Plural form of euonymus; multiple plants or shrubs of the Euonymus genus.

Etymology

Standard English plural formation from the Latin/Greek genus name euonymus by adding -es.

Kelly Says

In botany, pluralizing scientific names can be tricky—euonymuses works in English, but a Latin expert might argue for euonymi, showing how scientific names live at the border between two languages.

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