Dulcamara

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bittersweet \Bit"ter*sweet`\, n.
     1. Anything which is bittersweet.
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     2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
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     3. (Bot.)
        (a) 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}.
        (b) 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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dulcamara \Dul`ca*ma"ra\, n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus
     bitter.] (Bot.)
     A plant ({Solanum Dulcamara}). See {Bittersweet}, n., 3
     (a) .
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