genus celastrus
English Thesaurus
1. genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | staff tree, |
| definition | : | any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | american bittersweet, bittersweet, celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, |
| definition | : | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | celastric articulatus, celastrus orbiculatus, japan bittersweet, japanese bittersweet, oriental bittersweet, |
| definition | : | ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | celastraceae, family celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family, |
| definition | : | trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits (noun.plant) |
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