false bittersweet

false bittersweet
noun
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Syn:
Hypernyms: ↑vine
Member Holonyms: ↑Celastrus, ↑genus Celastrus

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noun

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false bittersweet,
= bittersweet (def. 2). (Cf.bittersweet)

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