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Meaning of bittersweet

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: {bittersweet}, {semisweet}]
      n 1: poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers
           and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North
           America [syn: {bittersweet}, {bittersweet nightshade},
           {climbing nightshade}, {deadly nightshade}, {poisonous
           nightshade}, {woody nightshade}, {Solanum dulcamara}]
      2: twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules
         enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: {bittersweet}, {American
         bittersweet}, {climbing bittersweet}, {false bittersweet},
         {staff vine}, {waxwork}, {shrubby bittersweet}, {Celastrus
         scandens}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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