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Definition of Bittersweets
1. bittersweet [n] - See also: bittersweet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bittersweets
Literary usage of Bittersweets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1908)
"... paper birches and white pines, with undergrowth of witch hazels, viburnums
and bittersweets would also produce very pleasing effects. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1886)
"“They had a good crop of bittersweets, they couldn't grind them all,” —nodding
towards an orchard where some heaps of apples had been left lying ever since ..."
3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"... poison-oak and poison-ivy; the false mermaids; the horse-chestnuts, maples,
box-elders; and the touch-me-nots, together with the hollies, bittersweets, ..."
4. Gardening (1905)
"There is nothing among hardy vines that can excel the American and Japanese
bittersweets, respectively Celastrus scandens and C. paniculatus. ..."
5. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1890)
"The grape and creeper love the warm, sunny spots the best; the bittersweets
inclines to the cooler slopes. Plaut them together, and the bittersweet will ..."
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