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Definition of Genus celastrus
1. Noun. Genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet.
Exact synonyms: Celastrus
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Celastraceae, Family Celastraceae, Spindle-tree Family, Staff-tree Family
Member holonyms: Staff Tree, American Bittersweet, Bittersweet, Celastrus Scandens, Climbing Bittersweet, False Bittersweet, Shrubby Bittersweet, Staff Vine, Waxwork, Celastric Articulatus, Celastrus Orbiculatus, Japan Bittersweet, Japanese Bittersweet, Oriental Bittersweet
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Celastraceae, Family Celastraceae, Spindle-tree Family, Staff-tree Family
Member holonyms: Staff Tree, American Bittersweet, Bittersweet, Celastrus Scandens, Climbing Bittersweet, False Bittersweet, Shrubby Bittersweet, Staff Vine, Waxwork, Celastric Articulatus, Celastrus Orbiculatus, Japan Bittersweet, Japanese Bittersweet, Oriental Bittersweet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Celastrus
Literary usage of Genus celastrus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Family CELASTRACEAE Genus CELASTRUS CELASTRUS PANICULATA Willd. CELASTRUS PANICULATA
OIL According to Watt: * The seeds yield by expression a deep scarlet ..."
2. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"... with coriaceous leaves and clustered flowers, so ornamental in our gardens
and shrubberies. Finally, the genus Celastrus, Hollies, Spindle-tree ..."
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