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AMERICAN BITTERSWEET
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Synonyms:
American bittersweet; bittersweet; Celastrus scandens; climbing bittersweet; false bittersweet; shrubby bittersweet; staff vine; waxwork
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American bittersweet" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("American bittersweet" is a member of...):
Celastrus; genus Celastrus (genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet)
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