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CELASTRUS SCANDENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Celastrus scandens mean?
• CELASTRUS SCANDENS (noun)
The noun CELASTRUS SCANDENS has 1 sense:
1. twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Familiarity information: CELASTRUS SCANDENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American bittersweet; bittersweet; Celastrus scandens; climbing bittersweet; false bittersweet; shrubby bittersweet; staff vine; waxwork
Hypernyms ("Celastrus scandens" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("Celastrus scandens" 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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