Definition of Genus Celastrus

1. Noun. Genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Celastrus

genus Catharacta
genus Catharanthus
genus Cathartes
genus Cathaya
genus Catoptrophorus
genus Catostomus
genus Cattleya
genus Caulophyllum
genus Cavia
genus Cebuella
genus Cebus
genus Cecropia
genus Cedrela
genus Cedrus
genus Ceiba
genus Celastrus (current term)
genus Celosia
genus Celtis
genus Cenchrus
genus Centaurea
genus Centaurium
genus Centranthus
genus Centrocercus
genus Centrolobium
genus Centropomus
genus Centropristis
genus Centropus
genus Centrosema
genus Centunculus
genus Cephalanthera

Literary usage of Genus Celastrus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Family CELASTRACEAE Genus CELASTRUS CELASTRUS PANICULATA Willd. CELASTRUS PANICULATA OIL According to Watt: * The seeds yield by expression a deep scarlet ..."

2. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"... with coriaceous leaves and clustered flowers, so ornamental in our gardens and shrubberies. Finally, the genus Celastrus, Hollies, Spindle-tree ..."

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