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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 seedsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CELASTRUS SCANDENS (noun)


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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