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Celastrus

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



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... the voyages, there are a few plants belonging to Rhamnus, Ziziphus, Ceanothus, or Pomaderris, and Celastrus, but both families prove to be comparatively rare in the intratropical parts of Terra Australis, beyond which Cryptandra seems only to exist. Upon the north-western shores, a species of Ziziphus (common to ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King


Words linked to "Celastrus" :   family Celastraceae, climbing bittersweet, oriental bittersweet, Celastric articulatus, staff-tree family, Japan bittersweet, false bittersweet, spindle-tree family, Celastraceae, waxwork, staff tree, American bittersweet, staff vine, dicot genus, shrubby bittersweet, magnoliopsid genus, Celastrus scandens, bittersweet, Japanese bittersweet, genus Celastrus


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