bittersweet — I noun 1. poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral red berries; widespread weed in North America • Syn: ↑bittersweet nightshade, ↑climbing nightshade, ↑deadly nightshade, ↑poisonous nightshade, ↑woody nightshade,… … Useful english dictionary
False potato beetle — Taxobox name = False potato beetle image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Chrysomelidae genus = Leptinotarsa species = L. juncta binomial = Leptinotarsa juncta binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
climbing bittersweet — noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds • Syn: ↑bittersweet, ↑American bittersweet, ↑false bittersweet, ↑staff vine, ↑waxwork, ↑shrubby bittersweet, ↑Celastrus scandens … Useful english dictionary
American bittersweet — noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds • Syn: ↑bittersweet, ↑climbing bittersweet, ↑false bittersweet, ↑staff vine, ↑waxwork, ↑shrubby bittersweet, ↑Celastrus scandens … Useful english dictionary
shrubby bittersweet — noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds • Syn: ↑bittersweet, ↑American bittersweet, ↑climbing bittersweet, ↑false bittersweet, ↑staff vine, ↑waxwork, ↑Celastrus scandens … Useful english dictionary
Celastrus — noun genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet • Syn: ↑genus Celastrus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Celastraceae … Useful english dictionary
genus Celastrus — noun genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet • Syn: ↑Celastrus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Celastraceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
staff vine — noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds • Syn: ↑bittersweet, ↑American bittersweet, ↑climbing bittersweet, ↑false bittersweet, ↑waxwork, ↑shrubby bittersweet, ↑Celastrus scandens … Useful english dictionary
Celastrus scandens — noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds • Syn: ↑bittersweet, ↑American bittersweet, ↑climbing bittersweet, ↑false bittersweet, ↑staff vine, ↑waxwork, ↑shrubby bittersweet … Useful english dictionary
bit´ter|sweet´ness — bit|ter|sweet «BIHT uhr SWEET», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a climbing plant with purple, blue, or white flowers and small, poisonous, scarlet berries; woody nightshade. It belongs to the nightshade family. 2. a climbing shrub of North America with… … Useful english dictionary