bryony
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/ˈbɹaɪəni/
Definition of bryony
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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
- A female given name from English.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English brionie, from Latin bryōnia (“bryony”), from Ancient Greek βρυωνία (bruōnía, “bryony”), from βρύω (brúō).
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