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"Bittersweet" Definition

noun

A dark to deep reddish orange.
A woody vine of the genus Celastrus, especially the North American species C. scandens and the eastern Asian species C. orbiculata, having small, round, yellow-orange fruits that open at maturity to expose red seeds. Also called staff tree.
See bittersweet nightshade.
Something that is bittersweet.
Pleasure alloyed with pain.

adjective

Bitter and sweet at the same time: bittersweet chocolate.
Dark to deep reddish-orange.
Producing or expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure: a movie with a bittersweet ending.
Being at once and sweet.
Pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering or regret.

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