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Answer for the clue "Small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs ", 8 letters:
mezereon

Word definitions for mezereon in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs [syn: February daphne , Daphne mezereum ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mezereon \Me*ze"re*on\, n. [F. m['e]z['e]r['e]on, Per. m[=a]zriy[=u]n.] (Bot.) A small European shrub ( Daphne Mezereum ), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An ornamental shrub, ''Daphne mezereum'', having purple flowers and bright red fruit. 2 The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.

Usage examples of mezereon.

So that when in February there came a blue, bright morning, the morning that suggests yellow crocuses and the smell of a mezereon tree and the smell of damp, warm earth, Daphne hastily got a taxi and drove out to the hospital.

The little gardens were bright with daffodils, mezereon, and flowering currant.

It is seldom called by any other than its specific name, Mezereon, which Gerarde describes as English-Dutch.

Barbarians call it Lilac Daphne, and it's related to laurel and the mezereon herbs.