
1) Briony 2) English feminine given name 3) English girl name 4) Vine
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1) Briony
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• (n.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.
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(genus Bryonia), any of about 12 species of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). These plants are mostly herbs or long-tendriled climbing vines that are ...
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<botany> The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. Alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. Dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic. Black bryony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed. ... Origin: L. Bryonia, Gr, fr. To swell, esp. Of plants. .....
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Bry'o·ny (brī'o*nȳ) noun [ Latin bryonia , Greek brywni`a , from bry`ein to swell, esp. of plants.] (Botany) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia . The root of B. alba ( rough or white bryony
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Bryony (Bryonia) is a genus of plants of the family Cucurbitaceae (gourds). The only British species, the Common Bryony (Bryonia dioica), is a climbing plant common in hedges, has cordate palmate leaves and axillary bunches of flowers, and red berries which are highly poisonous. The thick long fleshy root has acrid emetic and purgative properties, ...
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[
n] - a tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
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briony noun a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
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Either of two climbing hedgerow plants found in Britain: white bryony (
Bryonia dioca) belonging to the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), and black bryony (
Tamus communis) of the yam family (Dioscoreaceae)
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any Old World vine or climbing plant belonging to the genus Bryonia, of the gourd family, yielding acrid juice having emetic and purgative properties.
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