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CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Celastrus orbiculatus mean? 

CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS (noun)
  The noun CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Celastric articulatus; Celastrus orbiculatus; Japan bittersweet; Japanese bittersweet; oriental bittersweet

Hypernyms ("Celastrus orbiculatus" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Celastrus orbiculatus" 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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