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EVERGREEN BITTERSWEET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evergreen bittersweet mean?
• EVERGREEN BITTERSWEET (noun)
The noun EVERGREEN BITTERSWEET has 1 sense:
1. broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties
Familiarity information: EVERGREEN BITTERSWEET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EVERGREEN BITTERSWEET (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Euonymus fortunei radicans; Euonymus radicans vegetus; evergreen bittersweet
Hypernyms ("evergreen bittersweet" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("evergreen bittersweet" is a member of...):
Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)
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