genus Celastrus

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1.genus Celastrus - genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweetCelastrusdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationCelastraceae, family Celastraceae, spindle-tree family, staff-tree family - trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruitsstaff tree - any small tree or twining shrub of the genus CelastrusCelastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, American bittersweet, bittersweet - twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seedsCelastric articulatus, Celastrus orbiculatus, Japan bittersweet, Japanese bittersweet, oriental bittersweet - ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America