american bittersweet

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american bittersweet - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  American bittersweet
      n 1: twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules
           enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: bittersweet, American bittersweet
           , climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet,
           staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens
           ]