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Definition of American bittersweet
1. Noun. Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds.
Group relationships: Celastrus, Genus Celastrus
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Bittersweet
Literary usage of American bittersweet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1868)
"American bittersweet. Like the Bittersweet, its stems assist in the support of
decaying wood-work upon which it may cling (fig. 84), while the great beauty ..."
2. Gardens Near the Sea: The Making and Care of Gardens on Or Near the Coast by Alice Lounsberry (1910)
"Near many seaside gardens, the American bittersweet, or staff vine, Celastrus
scandens, can be used to cover rough roadside walls. ..."
3. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"American bittersweet. A high climbing vine with broadly lanceolate bright green
leaves. Distributed naturally from Canada and Dakota, southward to Georgia ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"... Celastrus scandens L. American bittersweet Woody vine Dry fields, rocky ledges,
woods and thickets. ..."
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