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black bryony
noun
a twining Old World vine, Tamus communis, having heart-shaped leaves, small greenish flowers, and scarlet berries.
black bryony
noun
a climbing herbaceous Eurasian plant, Tamus communis , having small greenish flowers and poisonous red berries: family Dioscoreaceae
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The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.
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It is a member of the monocotyledonous order Dioscoreaceae, climbing plants with slender herbaceous or shrubby shoots, to which belong the yam and the British black bryony, Tamus communis.
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A black bryony plant grew up round it, rising in a spiral.
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