In allusion to the actively irritating properties of the shrub, its name, euonymus, is associated with that of Euonyme, the Mother of the Furies.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
I see two varieties of euonymus; various low junipers; two sorts of laurel; two of andromeda, and the high-clambering evergreen ivy.
"The Amateur Garden"
George W. Cable
Clever imitations of the sprays are sometimes made up of the large shining leaves of the Japan euonymus and the flowers of the Double Poet's Narcissus, N. alba plena odorata.
"The Mayflower, January, 1905"
Various