celastrus scandens

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   twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

   SynonymsbittersweetAmerican bittersweetclimbing bittersweetfalse bittersweetstaff vinewaxworkshrubby bittersweet

   Broadervine

   Part ofCelastrus

Questions about celastrus scandens

What does celastrus scandens mean?

celastrus scandens means "twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds".

What is another word for celastrus scandens?

Close synonyms include bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine. 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 celastrus scandens a common word?

celastrus scandens 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.