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briony

American  
[brahy-uh-nee] / ˈbraɪ ə ni /

noun

plural

brionies
  1. a variant of bryony.


briony British  
/ ˈbraɪənɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of bryony

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The briony garland has fallen from her hat, and a little hairy dog is now galloping about the lawn boastfully with it, his head held very high.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

Languid jasmine, scrambling briony, Walls of close-festooning braid, Fling themselves about her, mingling With her wafted looks, waylaid.

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

This is vain and fabulous, which ignorant people and simple women believe; for the roots which are carried about by impostors are made of the roots of canes, briony, and other plants.'

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin

Alice of the Hermitage brought two crowns of briony leaves and scarlet berries; so Morgraunt anointed what Morgraunt had set apart; the postulants were adept.

From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Other wart-curing plants are the spurge, the poppy, the celandine, the marigold, the briony, and the crowfoot.

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin