bryony

or bri·o·ny

[ brahy-uh-nee ]

noun

, plural bry·o·nies.

1. any Old World vine or climbing plant belonging to the genus Bryonia, of the gourd family, yielding acrid juice having emetic and purgative properties.

bryony

/ ˈbraɪənɪ /

noun

1. any of several herbaceous climbing plants of the cucurbitaceous genus Bryonia , of Europe and N Africa See also black bryony white bryony

Word History and Origins

Origin of bryony¹

before 1000; Middle English brionie, Old English bryōnia < Latin < Greek: a wild vine

Word History and Origins

Origin of bryony¹

Old English bryōnia , from Latin, from Greek bruōnia

Example Sentences

The ditch was thick with cow parsley, hemlock and long trails of green-flowering bryony.

From Literature

The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.

From Project Gutenberg

The dogwood berries stood jauntily scarlet on the hedge-tops, the bunched scarlet and green berries of the convolvulus and bryony hung amid golden trails, the blackberries dropped ungathered.

From Project Gutenberg

The bryony and the honeysuckle I have already mentioned.

From Project Gutenberg

By the alder a bryony vine that had grown there was broken and had withered, it had been snapped long since by the creature pushing through.

From Project Gutenberg