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OP 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
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bittersweet wwh 11/24/02 06:38 PM Re: bittersweet Wordwind 11/24/02 10:03 PM Re: bittersweet wwh 11/25/02 12:26 AM Re: bittersweet consuelo 11/25/02 10:53 AM Re: bittersweet wwh 11/25/02 02:16 PM Re: bittersweet Faldage 11/25/02 02:34 PM Re: bittersweet Wordwind 11/25/02 02:44 PM Re: bittersweet Wordwind 11/25/02 02:46 PM I learned it from you, sweetie consuelo 11/25/02 09:13 PM Re: I learned it from you, sweetie Wordwind 11/25/02 10:23 PM Re: I learned it from you, sweetie wwh 11/25/02 10:35 PM Re: I learned it from you, sweetie Wordwind 12/02/02 12:12 AM Re: Barefoot, sweetie Wordwind 12/02/02 12:21 AM Re: Barefoot, sweetie wwh 12/02/02 01:08 AM Re: Barefoot, sweetie consuelo 12/02/02 04:32 AM
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