something that is both pleasant and painful; type of plant
both bitter and sweet to the taste; both pleasant and painful
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Bittersweet Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Anything which is bittersweet.
Anything which is bittersweet.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
A kind of apple so called.
A kind of apple so called.
(n.)
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.
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.
(a.)
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
bittersweet
\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.
bittersweet
\bit"ter*sweet`\, n.
1. anything which is bittersweet.
2. a kind of apple so called.
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.
bittersweet
adj
1. tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
2. having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness [syn: semisweet]
n 1: poisonous perennial old world vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in north america [syn: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade , poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade, solanum dulcamara]
2: twining shrub of north america having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: american bittersweet , climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, celastrus scandens]
similar words(3)
false bittersweet
bittersweet nightshade
climbing bittersweet
Noun
1. poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
(synonym) bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade, Solanum dulcamara
(hypernym) nightshade
(member-holonym) Solanum, genus Solanum
2. twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
(synonym) American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, Celastrus scandens
(hypernym) vine
(member-holonym) Celastrus, genus Celastrus
Adjective
1. tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
(similar) sad
2. having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
(synonym) semisweet
(similar) tasteful
Bittersweet Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Bittersweet Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Bittersweet may refer to:
Art
- Bittersweet, a medium brownish reddish orange color
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