Bittersweet
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Bittersweet refers to a combination of the standard tastes of sweetness and bitterness, and is often used as a metaphor for contrasting experiences which have binary elements of happiness and sadness, or pleasure and pain.
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Biology
- A vine in the nightshade family, Solanum dulcamara
- Some species of vines in the genus Celastrus, including American bittersweet (C. scandens) and Oriental bittersweet (C. orbiculatus)
- The Glycymerididae family of shellfish, known as bittersweets or Dog cockles
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Music
- Bitter:Sweet, an electronic band
- Bitter:sweet, indie rock band from Los Angeles
- Bitter Sweet, an operetta in three acts written by Noel Coward
A number of songs and albums:
- "Bittersweet" (Apocalyptica song), a song by the band Apocalyptica
- "Bittersweet" (Fuel song), a song by the band Fuel
- "Bittersweet", a song by The Venus in Furs, a fictional band from the film Velvet Goldmine
- "Bittersweet" (Big Head Todd song), a hit song by Big Head Todd & the Monsters
- Bittersweet (Hoodoo Gurus song), a 1985 song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus from their album Mars Needs Guitars!
- "Bittersweet" (Miz song), a 2006 single by Miz
- "Bittersweet" (Plumb song), a 2005 single by Plumb
- "Bittersweet Me", a song and single by the rock band R.E.M.
- "Bitter Sweet Symphony", a song by The Verve
- Bittersweet (album), an album by Blu Cantrell
- Bitter Sweet (album), an album by the English band King
- Bittersweet, an album by Jenny Choi
- Bittersweet Symphony (album), an album by Jade Valerie
- "Bittersweet", a song and single by the christian rock band Falling Up
- "Bittersweet", a song by Chairmen of the Board
- "Bittersweet", a song by Kanye West
- Bittersweet World, an album by Ashlee Simpson
- "Bittersweet", a song by Within Temptation
- "Bittersweetheart", a song by Soul Asylum
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Film and television
- Bitter Sweet (1933 film), a 1933 film
- Bitter Sweet (1940 film), a 1940 film
- Bitter Sweet (2005 film), a 2005 TV film
- Bitter Sweet (TV drama), a 2008 TV drama
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Literature
- "Bittersweet", a poem by Amanda Jackson of Twin Falls, ID, published in Howard Ely's Forever Spoken
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Places
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See also
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