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staff-tree
noun
any of a genus (Celastrus) of shrubby, usually climbing, plants of the staff-tree family, growing in Asia, Australia, and North America, including bittersweet
adjective
designating a family (Celastraceae, order Celastrales) of widely distributed dicotyledonous trees and twining shrubs bearing red seeds in pods, including khat and euonymus
See staff-tree in American Heritage Dictionary 4