black bryony

American  

noun

1. a twining Old World vine, Tamus communis, having heart-shaped leaves, small greenish flowers, and scarlet berries.

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black bryony British  

noun

1. a climbing herbaceous Eurasian plant, Tamus communis , having small greenish flowers and poisonous red berries: family Dioscoreaceae

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Example Sentences

A black bryony plant grew up round it, rising in a spiral.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah