briony

[ brahy-uh-nee ]

/ ˈbraɪ ə ni /

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noun, plural bri·o·nies.

a variant of bryony.

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Words nearby briony

Brinton, briny, brio, brioche, briolette, briony, briquet, Briquet's syndrome, briquette, bris, brisance

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How to use briony in a sentence

When romancing the dewy Briony, the cosmopolitan New Yorker Andrew sounds like the creepy European Humbert Humbert.
The Brain Man: What is E. L. Doctorow Up to?|Tom LeClair|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The claspers of briony shoot into the spiral, and lay hold of whatever comes in their way, for support.
Endless Amusement|Unknown
To-day there was neither gravedigger nor robin—only the soft drip, drip of the rain on dock and thistle, fern and briony.
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon
In its perfect state, it feeds on the blossom of the briony.
Insect Architecture|James Rennie

All which like other impostures once discovered is easily effected, and in the root of white Briony may be practised every spring.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)|Thomas Browne
I got a blow on the head in a saw mill on Briony Creek and it made me just as useless as a bit of pith.
The Long Roll|Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for briony

briony

/ (ˈbraɪənɪ) /

noun plural -nies

a variant spelling of bryony

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