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bryony

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bry=o=ny

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bryony has 1 sense

bryony(n = noun.plant) briony - a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties; Array

is a member of genus bryonia

has particulars: bryonia alba, devil's turnip, white bryony, bryonia dioica, red bryony, wild hop

is a kind of vine

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bryony, n. [L. bryonia, Gr. brywni`a, fr. bry`ein to swell, esp. of plants.].

The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of Bryonia alba (rough bryony or white bryony) and of Bryonia dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic. [1913 Webster]

Black bryony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bryony, n. (pl. -ies) any climbing plant of the genus Bryonia, esp. B. dioica bearing greenish-white flowers and red berries.

Idiom

black bryony a similar unrelated plant, Tamus communis, bearing poisonous berries.

Etymology

L bryonia f. Gk bruonia

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