poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones. bittersweet memories of his first appearance for the team
A bittersweet taste seems bitter and sweet at the same time. a wine with a bitter-sweet flavour. Any of several vines with colourful fruit. The genus Celastrus (family Celastraceae) includes American bittersweet, or staff vine (C. scandens), and Oriental bittersweet (C. orbiculatus), woody vines grown as ornamentals. Oriental bittersweet is a more vigorous climber than the American species. Both types climb by twining around supports. Another bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara, belongs to the nightshade family
An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; also called Roxbury waxwork
A poisonous climbing or trailing plant (Solanum dulcamara) native to Eurasia and a widespread weed in North America, having violet flowers with recurved corolla lobes and red berries. Also called bittersweet, deadly nightshade