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I used to have this damned stull pulling shingles off my barn. I could never understand why some people thought it attractive.Never saw it in Virginia. Have you, WW? bittersweet .
>1 a North American twining woody vine (Celastrus scandens) of the staff-tree family, with poisonous leaves, and bearing clusters of small orange fruits with bright-red fleshy seeds 2 a poisonous, climbing European vine (Solanum dulcamara) of the nightshade family, with purple flowers and red berries, now widely found as a weed in North America 3 a) bitterness and sweetness combined b) pleasure mixed with overtones of sadness adj. 1 both bitter and sweet, as dark chocolate made with little sugar 2 pleasant with overtones of sadness
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I'm absolutely mad about bittersweet! Love the stuff!
When dried, it looks beautiful displayed in a rustic basket.
I'm almost positive I've written about this before on AWAD.
I wish I knew where to find some now. I'd go gather some for a Thanksgiving arrangement.
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Dear WW: Your bittersweet must be prettier than what I had in MA. Of course. I was spoiled by having lots of holly with berries. Far prettier than bittersweet. Did you know holly has berries of different germination time? Some won't germinate ;unless a bird has eaten them, some germinate first year, some skip a year. I forget exact details, it was long ago I heard about it. Of course there are far more male trees than female. At least only one in a hundred has berries, or it seems like it.
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I had a run-in or two with the holly in New Jersey this September. Darn stuff is not safe for nellipots. EDIT I stand kerected and barefooted. Nelipot is the werd.
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Dear consuelo: whatinnell are "nellipots"?
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Good question, Dr. Bill. I thought it was maybe a wwftd, but not since I've ben subscribing. M-W and AHD both refuse to acknowledge it.
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I've heard the term "nellipot," but can't recall what it means. I'll check onelook.
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"nelipot - ( ) Someone who is walking without shoes "
From the Grandiloquent on Onelook.
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Conniesuelo:
Don't you worry a second about that "l."
I subtracted 2000 from 1997 last week here on AWAD and got 1797, or something like that, for the remainder.
I would love to have a list of major errors I've made here on AWAD, such as crediting Gilbert and Sullivan with "Anything Goes."
One extra little ol' "l" ain't nuthin' by comparison--especially since wwh has spotted a probable error on one of the spelling bee sites.
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