
Meaning of BITTERSWEET
| Pronunciation: | | 'bitur'sweet
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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
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BITTERSWEET is a 11 letter word that starts with B. |
| | Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| | See Also: | | Celastrus, genus Celastrus, genus Solanum, nightshade, Solanum, vine | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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