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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 America
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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