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Definition of Celastrus scandens

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celastrus Scandens

Literary usage of Celastrus scandens

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

1. Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening by Robert Morris Copeland (1866)
"... which trail over rocks and creep up tree stems as freely as Woodbine, or celastrus scandens. Why should they not be grown here as well as in England? ..."

2. The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion (1869)
"celastrus scandens. THIS hardy native climber deserves more general cultivation. It is variously known as Roxbury Wax-Work or Climbing Bittersweet. ..."

3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1860)
"celastrus scandens, Linn., with Remarks on the Colouring Matters of Plants. By GEORGE LAWSON, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and Natural History in the ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"... moonseed (Menispermum Canadense), waxwork (celastrus scandens), ... Tecoma radicans, Smilax rotundifolia, celastrus scandens and Menispermum Canadense. ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Beautiful in flower, graceful in habit, satisfactory in foliage, and vigorous and hardy at all times. celastrus scandens (twining). ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"celastrus scandens L. Shrubby or Climbing Bittersweet. ... celastrus scandens L. Sp. Pl. 196. 1753. A twining woody vine, ascending trees to a. height of ..."

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