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CELASTRUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet
Synonyms:
Celastrus; genus Celastrus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Celastrus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Celastrus"):
staff tree (any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus)
American bittersweet; bittersweet; Celastrus scandens; climbing bittersweet; false bittersweet; shrubby bittersweet; staff vine; waxwork (twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds)
Celastric articulatus; Celastrus orbiculatus; Japan bittersweet; Japanese bittersweet; oriental bittersweet (ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America)
Holonyms ("Celastrus" is a member of...):
Celastraceae; family Celastraceae; spindle-tree family; staff-tree family (trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits)
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