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