Definition of False bittersweet

1. Noun. Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds.


Lexicographical Neighbors of False Bittersweet

false agglutination
false alarm
false albuminuria
false alumroot
false anaemia
false analogy
false aneurysm
false angina
false ankylosis
false asphodel
false attack
false azalea
false baby's breath
false beachdrops
false belief
false bittersweet (current term)
false blepharoptosis
false bracken
false branching
false buckthorn
false bugbane
false calyx
false cast
false chamomile
false chanterelle
false chanterelles
false cognate
false cognates
false colour

Literary usage of False bittersweet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1888)
"false bittersweet. Celastrus scandens, Linne. (Bk. of rt.) Synonyms. ... Fluid Extract false bittersweet.—Not miscible with water. ..."

2. King's American Dispensatory by John King (1909)
"Take of the recently dried bark of the root of false bittersweet, in fine powder, ... SYNONYM : Fluid extract of false bittersweet. Medical Uses and Dosage. ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1908)
"false bittersweet is a most attractive plant in the fall, ... false bittersweet and true bittersweet, on account of the similarity of the common names, ..."

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