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noun

Celastrus n. The type genus of the Celastraceae, comprising the plants called climbing bittersweet; bittersweet and shrubby bittersweet; they are woody vines and shrubs native chiefly to Asia and Australia, bearing yellow to orange capsules which open to expose red-coated seeds. See also bittersweet 3 (b).

Synonyms: genus Celastrus.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... voyages, there are a few plants belonging to Rhamnus, Ziziphus, Ceanothus, or Pomaderris, and Celastrus, but both families prove to be comparatively rare in the intratropical parts of Terra Australis, beyond which Cryptandra seems only to exist. Upon the north-western shores, a species of Ziziphus (common to the East and North ...

— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King

Words linked to "Celastrus" : staff vine, waxwork, false bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, American bittersweet, Celastric articulatus, staff tree, spindle-tree family, bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, magnoliopsid genus, Japanese bittersweet, genus Celastrus, oriental bittersweet, staff-tree family, dicot genus