bryony

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹaɪəni/

Definition of bryony

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).
    “On a sudden a low breath / Of tender air made tremble in the hedge / The fragil bindweed-bells and briony rings; […]”
    “I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).
    “On a sudden a low breath / Of tender air made tremble in the hedge / The fragil bindweed-bells and briony rings; […]”
    “I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.”

name

  1. A female given name from English.

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Etymology

From Middle English brionie, from Latin bryōnia (“bryony”), from Ancient Greek βρυωνία (bruōnía, “bryony”), from βρύω (brúō).

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