briony

American  

[brahy-uh-nee] / ˈbraɪ ə ni /

noun

plural

brionies

1. a variant of bryony.

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briony British  

/ ˈbraɪənɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of bryony

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Example Sentences

Oftentimes, too, the root of the briony was trained to grow into certain eccentric shapes, which were used as charms.

From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)

She wore long, loose gloves, to guard her hands and wrists, and as she came she had pulled autumn leaves of briony and bramble, and brier sprays with their bunches of glowing hips.

From Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel by Veley, Margaret

Oftentimes substituted for the mandrake was the briony, which designing people sold at a good profit.

From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)

He gave the ponies a rest half way up the hill, and, stretching up into the high hedge, gathered a beautiful spray of red-berried briony for Erica.

From We Two, a novel by Lyall, Edna

This is vain and fabulous, which ignorant people and simple women believe; for the roots which are carried about by impostors are made of the roots of canes, briony, and other plants.'

From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin