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

Derived forms: climbing bittersweets

Type of: vine

Part of: Celastrus, genus Celastrus