noun
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
• Syn:
↑bittersweet, ↑climbing bittersweet, ↑false bittersweet, ↑staff vine, ↑waxwork, ↑shrubby bittersweet, ↑Celastrus scandens
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Celastrus, ↑genus Celastrus
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American bittersweet,
a twining shrub of the staff-tree family with an orange or orange-yellow pod which opens to display crimson or scarlet seeds.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.