About The Word Bittersweet
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Bittersweet
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What's The Definition Of Bittersweet?
[n] twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
[n] poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America [adj] tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending" [adj] having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness Synonyms | Synonyms for Bittersweet: American bittersweet | bittersweet nightshade | Celastrus scandens | climbing bittersweet | climbing nightshade | deadly nightshade | false bittersweet | poisonous nightshade | sad | semisweet | Solanum dulcamara | staff vine | tasteful | waxwork | woody nightshade Related Terms | Find terms related to Bittersweet: See Also | Celastrus | genus Celastrus | genus Solanum | nightshade | Solanum | vine Bittersweet In Webster's Dictionary \Bit"ter*sweet`\, a.
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet
with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but
painful.
\Bit"ter*sweet`\, n. 1. Anything which is bittersweet. 2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower. 3. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries ({Solanum dulcamara}); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara. (b) An American woody climber ({Celastrus scandens}), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called {Roxbury waxwork}. |
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