briony
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The berried briony garlands clung to the bared hedges, and here and there flared scarlet, still holding their red defiantly until hard frosts should come to shrivel and blacken them.
From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Again, a popular means employed by witches of injuring their enemies was by the briony.
From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)
Secretion of subcutaneous mucus is increased by blisters of cantharides, by application of a thin slice of the fresh root of white briony, by sinapisms, by root of horse-radish, cochlearia armoracia.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
She had stopped before a garland of briony that was drooping with beautiful leaves, making a garland of shadows upon the bricks.
From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss
Take an ounce of white briony root dried and cut up like carrots, put it into a little wine and place it on the fire, and drink when warm.
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