bittersweet
       adj 1: tinged with sadness; "a movie with a bittersweet ending"
       2: having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
          [syn: semisweet]
       n 1: poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and
            oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
            [syn: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly
            nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade,
             Solanum dulcamara]
       2: twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow
          capsules enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: American
          bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet,
           staff vine, waxwork, Celastrus scandens]