bittersweet

1. 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.
2. See bittersweet nightshade.
3. A dark to deep reddish orange.

1. Bitter and sweet at the same time: bittersweet chocolate.
2. Producing or expressing a mixture of pain and pleasure: a movie with a bittersweet ending.
3. Dark to deep reddish-orange.

[After its roots, which are said to taste bitter, then sweet when chewed.]

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solanum dulcamara. Called also woody nightshade.

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Bittersweet refers to a combination of the standard tastes of sweetness and bitterness, and is often used as a metaphor for experiences which have binary elements of happiness and sadness, or pleasure and pain.

The term may also refer to:

Contents 1 Biology 2 Music 3 Film and television 4 Literature 5 Places 6 See also

Biology

• A vine in the nightshade family, Solanum dulcamara
• Some species of vines in the genus Celastrus, including American bittersweet (C. scandens) and Oriental bittersweet (C. orbiculatus)
• The Glycymerididae family of shellfish, known as bittersweets or Dog cockles

Music

• Bitter:Sweet, an electronic band
• Bitter:sweet, indie rock band from Los Angeles
• Bitter Sweet, an operetta in three acts written by Noel Coward

A number of songs and albums:

• "Bittersweet" (Apocalyptica song), a song by the band Apocalyptica
• "Bittersweet" (Fuel song), a song by the band Fuel
• "Bittersweet", a song by The Venus in Furs, a fictional band from the film Velvet Goldmine
• "Bittersweet" (Big Head Todd song), a hit song by Big Head Todd & the Monsters
• Bittersweet (Hoodoo Gurus song), a 1985 song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus from their album Mars Needs Guitars!
• "Bittersweet" (Miz song), a 2006 single by Miz
• "Bittersweet" (Plumb song), a 2005 single by Plumb
• "Bittersweet Me", a song and single by the rock band R.E.M.
• "Bitter Sweet Symphony", a song by The Verve
• Bittersweet (album), an album by Blu Cantrell
• Bitter Sweet (album), an album by the English band King
• Bittersweet, an album by Jenny Choi
• Bittersweet Symphony (album), an album by Jade Valerie
• "Bittersweet", a song and single by the christian rock band Falling Up
• "Bittersweet", a song by Chairmen of the Board
• "Bittersweet", a song by Kanye West
• Bittersweet World, an album by Ashlee Simpson
• "Bittersweet", a song by Within Temptation
• "Bittersweetheart", a song by Soul Asylum

Film and television

• Bitter Sweet (1933 film), a 1933 film
• Bitter Sweet (1940 film), a 1940 film
• Bitter Sweet (2005 film), a 2005 TV film
• Bitter Sweet (TV drama), a 2008 TV drama

Literature

• "Bittersweet", a poem by Amanda Jackson of Twin Falls, ID, published in Howard Ely's Forever Spoken

Places

• Bittersweet (Franklin, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana

See also

• Bitter Suite (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bittersødme
adj. - bittersød

Nederlands (Dutch)
bitterzoet

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) douce-amère, (fig) amère douceur
adj. - aigre-doux

Deutsch (German)
n. - bittere Süße, schmerzliches Vergnügen, (bot.) Bittersüßer Nachtschatten
adj. - bittersüß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γλυκόπικρη γεύση, (φυτολ.) σολανό το γλυκύπικρο, κοκορέλι
adj. - γλυκόπικρος

Italiano (Italian)
agrodolce

Português (Portuguese)
n. - doce-amarga (f) (Bot.)
adj. - agridoce, agradável mas triste

Русский (Russian)
горьковато-сладкий

Español (Spanish)
n. - dulcamara
adj. - agridulce

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - besksöta
adj. - bitterljuv, bittersöt, mörk (choklad)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
又苦又甜的东西, 白英, 又苦又甜的, 苦乐参半的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 又苦又甜的東西, 白英
adj. - 又苦又甜的, 苦樂參半的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 달콤 씁쓸한 것, 괴로움이 따르는 즐거움
adj. - 쓰고도 단, 즐겁고도 괴로운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 苦くて甘い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع نبات (صفه) مز, مزيج من السعادة و الألم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתיקות עם מרירות בסופה‬
adj. - ‮מתוק שסופו מריר‬

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