Bittersweet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. both bitter and sweet to the taste: bittersweet chocolate.
  2. both pleasant and painful or regretful: a bittersweet memory.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. any climbing plant of the genus Celastrus, bearing orange capsules opening to expose red-coated seeds, especially C. scandens.
  3. pleasure mingled with pain or regret: the bittersweet of parting.
noun
  1. any of several North American woody climbing plants of the genus Celastrus, esp C. scandens, having orange capsules that open to expose scarlet-coated seeds: family Celastraceae
  2. another name for woody nightshade
adjective
  1. tasting of or being a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
  2. pleasant but tinged with sadness
Bittersweet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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