Evergreen Bittersweet (Noun)
Meaning
Broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Evergreen bittersweet is a vining shrub that is native to East Asia with a range of cultivars and varieties.
- Asiatic evergreen bittersweet shrubs were used ornamentally in floral arrangements for centuries due to their bright pink and yellow berry clusters that persisted through the winter.
- Evergreen bittersweet proved its worth with a profusion of small flowers whose clusters or cymes persist year-round with red to yellow or orange to red fruit in some subspecies.
- Some botanists distinguish varieties within the species by different colors and characteristics of the berries, including pink, orange, red, yellow, or a combination in evergreen bittersweet.
- Celastrus orbiculatus is a commonly known synonym for the Asiatic evergreen bittersweet with some gardeners valuing the variety's rapid growth rate.