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






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"Bryony" Quotes from Famous Books



... food poisoning, cantharides. 1. Irritant { Vegetable—all strong purgatives, hellebores, savin, { yew, ergot, hemlock, laburnum, bryony, etc. ...
— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson

... cut it does not reach higher than four or five feet; when it springs from a deep, hollow corner, or with bushes to draw it up, you can hardly touch its tip with your walking-stick. The leaders of the black bryony, lifting themselves above the bushes, and having just there nothing to cling to, twist around each other, and two bines thus find mutual support where one alone would ...
— Round About a Great Estate • Richard Jefferies



Words linked to "Bryony" :   wild hop, Bryonia dioica, Bryonia alba, red bryony, black bryony, devil's turnip, white bryony, briony, vine



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