noun
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
• Syn:
↑bittersweet, ↑American bittersweet, ↑climbing bittersweet, ↑staff vine, ↑waxwork, ↑shrubby bittersweet, ↑Celastrus scandens
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Celastrus, ↑genus Celastrus
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noun : bittersweet 2b
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false bittersweet,
= bittersweet (def. 2). (Cf. ↑bittersweet)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.