bittersweet
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Both bitter and sweet.
- Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure.
- Of bittersweet color (see the noun section, below).
Noun
- Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
- Bittersweetness.
- A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds.
- A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste.
- Any variety of clam in the family Glycymerididae
- A pinkish-orange color. Any color in between scarlet and orange.
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