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bittersweet

2 entries found.

Main Entry:
1bit·ter·sweet 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈbi-tər-ˌswēt\
Function:
noun
Date:
14th century
1: something that is bittersweet ; especially : pleasure alloyed with pain2 a: a poisonous Eurasian woody vine (Solanum dulcamara) of the nightshade family that has purple flowers and oval reddish berries and is naturalized in North America b: a North American poisonous woody vine (Celastrus scandens) of the staff-tree family having clusters of small greenish flowers succeeded by yellow capsules that open when ripe and disclose the scarlet aril


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