- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A kind of apple so called.
- (a.) Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; especially sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
- (n.) Anything which is bittersweet.
- (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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