bittersweet has definitions from the fields of botany,food
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[ adjective ] tinged with sadness

Examples

"a movie with a bittersweet ending"

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

For the last two years , this frontier of the arts has produced a number of so-called `` non dramas '' which have left indelible , bittersweet impressions on the psyche of_this veteran theatregoer .

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sad

2
[ noun ] (botany) poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

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nightshade Solanum

3
[ adjective ] (food) having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness

Synonyms

semisweet

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tasteful

4
[ noun ] (botany) twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

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vine Celastrus

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