briony

briony

(ˈbraɪənɪ) n, pl -nies (Plants) a variant spelling of bryony

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Noun

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