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Definition of Oriental bittersweet
1. Noun. Ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America.
Exact synonyms: Celastric Articulatus, Celastrus Orbiculatus, Japan Bittersweet, Japanese Bittersweet
Group relationships: Celastrus, Genus Celastrus
Generic synonyms: Vine
Group relationships: Celastrus, Genus Celastrus
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oriental Bittersweet
Literary usage of Oriental bittersweet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"MCJohnston KC CELASTRACEAE » Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. oriental bittersweet
Woody vine Disturbed woods, fields, fencerows and edges. ..."
2. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"Several vines, including kudzu and oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus),
overgrow and eventually pull down trees, and have changed parts of some ..."
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