Celastrus articulatus
- noun
- Specialized
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Celastrus articulatus
- The garden featured a climbing Celastrus articulatus with striking orange-yellow fruit visible in the autumn.
Examples
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Many horticulturists recommend Celastrus articulatus for its decorative berries and vigorous growth.
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After it became naturalized, Celastrus articulatus spread along forest edges and fence lines in North America.
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The garden featured beautiful Celastrus articulatus vines.
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Have you seen the Celastrus articulatus in bloom?
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Many horticulturists recommend Celastrus articulatus for its decorative berries and vigorous growth.
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The garden featured a climbing Celastrus articulatus with striking orange-yellow fruit visible in the autumn.
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After it became naturalized, Celastrus articulatus spread along forest edges and fence lines in North America.
Synonyms
A climbing plant from Asia with orange berries and red seed covers
A climbing Asian vine with bright orange berries often grown in gardens
A climbing plant with bright orange-yellow berries and red skin around the seeds, grown for gardens
A climbing Asian vine with bright orange fruits and red seeds that often takes over native plants
Surface Forms
Morphology
Celastrus + articulatus
This is a scientific Latin binomial (genus + species epithet) rather than a compositional English phrase; the species epithet 'articulatus' is not an English word here and provides no transparent clue, and a learner knowing 'Celastrus' only as a genus name would not be able to infer the plant's appearance or status. Botanical Latin names are essentially arbitrary labels across languages, so the specific meaning ('an ornamental vine with orange-yellow fruit…') cannot be derived from the constituents.
Etymology
Celastrus articulatus names a climbing plant from Asia that makes bright orange-yellow fruits with a small red center that sit like tiny lanterns or beads along the vine. Because these berries are very decorative and the vine grows fast, people plant it in gardens or it spreads along fences, so the name brings to mind a 'showy', fast-growing climbing plant.
