briony
Americannoun
plural
brioniesnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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