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    AMERICAN BITTERSWEET

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seedsplay

    Synonyms:

    American bittersweet; bittersweet; Celastrus scandens; climbing bittersweet; false bittersweet; shrubby bittersweet; staff vine; waxwork

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("American bittersweet" is a kind of...):

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

    Holonyms ("American bittersweet" 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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