Definition of Celastrus orbiculatus

1. Noun. Ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Celastrus Orbiculatus

CeeCee
Ceefax
Ceener
Ceeners
Cefalù
Cefobid
Ceftin
Ceiba
Ceiba pentandra
Ceibhfhionn
Cek4 receptor protein-tyrosine kinase
Celastraceae
Celastric articulatus
Celastrus
Celastrus orbiculatus (current term)
Celastrus scandens
Celebes
Celebes Sea
Celebrex
Celebrityville
Celeste
Celestial City
Celestial Empire
Celestial Sphere
Celestin
Celestin tube
Celia
Celina
Celine

Literary usage of Celastrus orbiculatus

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

1. Flower Gardening by Henry Sherman Adams (1913)
"*Akebia quinata Akebia vine Celastrus scandens Common bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus Oriental bittersweet Clematis coccinea Red leather flower Clematis ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"MCJohnston KC CELASTRACEAE » Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. Oriental bittersweet Woody vine Disturbed woods, fields, fencerows and edges. ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... halimifolia L. - highway ditches Bidens polylepis Blake - moist fields Carduus nutans L. - roadsides and old fields Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. ..."

4. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"Several vines, including kudzu and Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), overgrow and eventually pull down trees, and have changed parts of some ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Celastrus orbiculatus on Dictionary.com!Search for Celastrus orbiculatus on Thesaurus.com!Search for Celastrus orbiculatus on Google!Search for Celastrus orbiculatus on Wikipedia!

Search