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Japanese bittersweet

noun

ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America

• Syn: ↑Japan bittersweet, ↑oriental bittersweet, ↑Celastrus orbiculatus, ↑Celastric articulatus

• Hypernyms: ↑vine

• Member Holonyms: ↑Celastrus, ↑genus Celastrus

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized J

: an ornamental Asiatic woody vine (Celastrus articulata) that has showy orange-yellow fruit with a persistent scarlet aril — called also Japan bittersweet

Useful english dictionary. 2012.