- bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, Celastrus scandens - twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
--1 is a kind of vine
--1 is a member of Celastrus, genus Celastrus - waxwork, wax figure - an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
--2 is a kind of effigy, image, simulacrum