HyperDic: staff_vine

English > 1 sense of the expression staff vine:
NOUNplantstaff vine, bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandenstwining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
English > staff vine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTwining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds.
Synonymsbittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens
Member ofCelastrus, genus CelastrusGenus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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