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staff-tree definition

staff·-tree (staf′trē′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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