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Noun: staff vine  stãf vIn
  1. Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
    "Staff vine provides autumn colour with its bright fruit display";
    - bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens

Derived forms: staff vines

Type of: vine

Part of: Celastrus, genus Celastrus

Encyclopedia: Staff vine