bryony

bry·o·ny  (br-n)

n. pl. bry·o·nies

1. Any of various Eurasian tendril-bearing vines of the genus Bryonia, having red or black berries and tuberous roots formerly used as medicine.

2. The black bryony.

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[Latin brynia, from Greek bruni, from bruein, to swell, teem.]

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bryony, briony [ˈbraɪənɪ]

n pl -nies

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several herbaceous climbing plants of the cucurbitaceous genus Bryonia, of Europe and N Africa See also black bryony, white bryony

[Old English bryōnia, from Latin, from Greek bruōnia]

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Noun

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bryony - a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties briony genus Bryonia - climbing perennial herbs: bryony Bryonia alba, devil's turnip, white bryony - white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran Bryonia dioica, red bryony, wild hop - bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface