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bit·ter·sweet

 (bĭt′ər-swēt′)
adj.
1. Bitter and sweet at the same time:bittersweet chocolate.
2. Producing or expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure:a movie with a bittersweet ending.
3. Dark to deep reddish-orange.
n.
1. Any of various woody vines of the genusCelastrus, especiallyC. scandens, native to North America, andC. orbiculata, an eastern Asian species that is widespread in North America, having small, round, yellow-orange fruits that open at maturity to expose red seeds. Also called staff tree, staff vine.
3. A dark to deep reddish orange.
[N., sense 1, after its bark, which has a bitter, then an unpleasant sweetish taste when chewed.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bittersweet

(ˈbɪtəˌswiːt)
n
1. (Plants) any of several North American woody climbing plants of the genusCelastrus, espC. scandens, having orange capsules that open to expose scarlet-coated seeds: familyCelastraceae
2. (Plants) another name forwoody nightshade
adj
3.tasting of or being a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
4.pleasant but tinged with sadness
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bit•ter•sweet

(adj. ˌbɪt ərˈswit, ˈbɪt ərˌswit;n. ˈbɪt ərˌswit)

adj.
1. both bitter and sweet to the taste: bittersweet chocolate.
2. both pleasant and painful or regretful: a bittersweet memory.
n.
3. a climbing or trailing plant,Solanum dulcamara, of the nightshade family, having small, violet, star-shaped flowers with a protruding yellow center and scarlet berries.
4. any climbing plant of the genusCelastrus, of the staff-tree family bearing orange capsules opening to expose red-coated seeds.
5. pleasure mingled with pain or regret.
[1350–1400]
bit`ter•sweet′ly,adv.
bit`ter•sweet′ness,n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bittersweet - poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berriesbittersweet - poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
genus Solanum,Solanum - type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
nightshade - any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
2.bittersweet - twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seedsbittersweet - twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Celastrus,genus Celastrus - genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
Adj.1.bittersweet - tinged with sadnessbittersweet - tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
2.bittersweet - having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetnessbittersweet - having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
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Translations

bittersweet

[ˈbɪtəswiːt]ADJ (lit, fig) →agridulce
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bittersweet

[ˌbɪtərˈswiːt]adj →aigre-doux(douce)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bittersweet

adj (lit, fig) →bittersüß
n (Bot) →Kletternder Baumwürger;(= nightshade) →Bittersüßer Nachtschatten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bittersweet

[ˈbɪtəˌswiːt]adj (taste) →agrodolce; (love affair) →dolceamaro/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995


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