English noun: genus Celastrus |
1. | genus Celastrus (plant) genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet |
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| Synonyms | Celastrus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus |
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| Member holonym | American bittersweet, bittersweet, Celastric articulatus, Celastrus orbiculatus, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, Japanese bittersweet, oriental bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff tree, staff vine, waxwork |
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| Member meronym | Celastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family |
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