- a variation of bryony.
briony
Americannoun
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brionies
plural
noun
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Here the hedge is all hung with briony or traveller's joy; there is a burst of wild-roses, pale discs of faintest rose-jacinth, each with a full-seeded heart.
From The Silent Isle by Arthur Christopher Benson
The briony garland has fallen from her hat, and a little hairy dog is now galloping about the lawn boastfully with it, his head held very high.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
Other wart-curing plants are the spurge, the poppy, the celandine, the marigold, the briony, and the crowfoot.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor
While each red hip shows where a faint rose blossomed and fell; while the elder holds stoutly aloft her flat, black clusters; while the briony clasps the hawthorn-hedge, we cannot complain.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
An overgrowth of brambles and briony ran riot over all.
From The Forest Lovers by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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