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Webster 1828 Edition


Bitter-sweet

BIT'TER-SWEET

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Noun.
[bitter and sweet.] A species of Solanum, a slender climbing plant, whose root,when chewed, produces first a bitter, then a sweet taste.

Definition 2024


bitter-sweet

bitter-sweet

See also: bittersweet

English

Adjective

bitter-sweet (comparative more bitter-sweet, superlative most bitter-sweet)

  1. Alternative form of bittersweet