English > Celastrus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | genus Celastrus |
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| Member of | Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family | Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits |
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| Members | Japanese bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, oriental bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, Celastric articulatus | Ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril |
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| bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens | Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
| staff tree | Any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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| Spanish | celastrus, genus celastrus |
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| Catalan | celastrus, genus celastrus |
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