The spindle tree or wahoo tree (Euonymus eruopaeus) is a small tree of the natural order Celastraceae native to Europe, western Siberia and north Africa. It grows to a height of about six meters, and has smooth grey bark and four-angled twigs. The opposite, lance-shaped leaves have obscurely toothed edges, and the flowers are minute and greenish-white in colour. The fruit is a four-lobed capsule of a crimson hue, which opens to disclose the orange jackets of the few large seeds. The timber is hard and used for making small articles. Research Spindle Tree
Euonymin is an extract from the bark of the wahoo tree or spindle tree (Euonymus eruopaeus), and formerly used in medicine as a powerful stimulant to the liver, with a mild carthartic action on the intestine. Research Euonymin
The USS Wahoo was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lost during the Second World War. The USS Wahoo had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch sterntorpedo tubes. Research Wahoo
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