false bittersweet

Questions about false bittersweet

What does false bittersweet mean?

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

What is another word for false bittersweet?

Close synonyms include bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing 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 false bittersweet a common word?

false 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.