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Definition of Bittersweet

1. Noun. Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America.

2. Adjective. Tinged with sadness. "A movie with a bittersweet ending"

3. Noun. Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds.

4. Adjective. Having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness.

Definition of Bittersweet

1. a. Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.

2. n. Anything which is bittersweet.

Definition of Bittersweet

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Medical Definition of Bittersweet

1. 1. Anything which is bittersweet. 2. A kind of apple so called. 3. 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. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bittersweet

bittern bittern bitterness bitternesses bitterns bitternut bitternut bitternuts bitternut hickory bitterroot

bitterroot bitterroots bitters bitters bittersweet (current term) bittersweet (current term) bittersweetly bittersweetness bittersweets bittersweet chocolate

bittersweet nightshade bitterweed bitterweed bitterweeds bitterwood bitterwood bitterwood tree bitterwort bitter almond bitter almond oil

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