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oriental bittersweet

DEFINITIONS OF: oriental bittersweet

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n ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America

Synonyms:
Celastric articulatus, Celastrus orbiculatus, Japan bittersweet, Japanese bittersweet
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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