American bittersweet

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American bittersweet - twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, bittersweet

Celastrus, genus Celastrus - genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet

vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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