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Definition of False 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 False Bittersweet
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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