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Noun: American bittersweet
  1. Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
    - bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens

Type of: vine

Part of: Celastrus, genus Celastrus

Encyclopedia: American bittersweet