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• a variation of bryony.

briony

American  

[brahy-uh-nee] / ˈbraɪ ə ni /

noun

brionies plural

1. a variant of bryony.

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briony British  

/ ˈbraɪənɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of bryony

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• brionies
  plural

Example Sentences

On the grey walls, the moss had fastened, and, round the pointed windows of the chapel, the ivy and the briony hung in many a fantastic wreath.

From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Radcliffe, Ann Ward

The cottage was an old, black, timbered and thatched edifice, and had four rooms of considerable dimensions, two above and two below, with a porch in the front, overgrown with briony and another hardy creeper.

From Shanty the Blacksmith; a Tale of Other Times by Sherwood, Mrs. (Mary Martha)

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.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

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

Languid jasmine, scrambling briony, Walls of close-festooning braid, Fling themselves about her, mingling With her wafted looks, waylaid.

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George