american bittersweet

Questions about american bittersweet

What does american bittersweet mean?

american bittersweet means "twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds".

What is another word for american bittersweet?

Close synonyms include bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american bittersweet a common word?

american bittersweet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.