JAPAN BITTERSWEET

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japan bittersweet mean? 

• JAPAN BITTERSWEET (noun)
  The noun JAPAN BITTERSWEET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JAPAN BITTERSWEET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPAN BITTERSWEET (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Celastric articulatus; Celastrus orbiculatus; Japan bittersweet; Japanese bittersweet; oriental bittersweet

Hypernyms ("Japan bittersweet" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("Japan bittersweet" is a member of...):

Celastrus; genus Celastrus (genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet)