Hypernym

noun

genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Member_meronym

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trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits

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any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus

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twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

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ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America

Celastrus 1

noundomain: plant

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Synonyms

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

Member_holonym

noun

trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits

noun

any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus

noun

twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

noun

ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America