Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: oriental bittersweet
  1. Ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
    "Oriental bittersweet is often used in fall decorations";
    - Japanese bittersweet, Japan bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, Celastric articulatus

Derived forms: oriental bittersweets

Type of: vine

Part of: Celastrus, genus Celastrus

Encyclopedia: Oriental bittersweet