briony

American  

[brahy-uh-nee] / ˈbraɪ ə ni /

noun

plural

brionies

1. a variant of bryony.

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briony British  

/ ˈbraɪənɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of bryony

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Example Sentences

The claspers of briony shoot into the spiral, and lay hold of whatever comes in their way, for support.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

Let her take two or three spoonfuls of briony water each morning.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

While each red hip shows where a faint rose blossomed and fell; while the elder holds stoutly aloft her flat, black clusters; while the briony clasps the hawthorn-hedge, we cannot complain.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

She wore long, loose gloves, to guard her hands and wrists, and as she came she had pulled autumn leaves of briony and bramble, and brier sprays with their bunches of glowing hips.

From Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel by Veley, Margaret

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