briony
Americannoun
plural
brioniesnoun
Example Sentences
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The vegetable kingdom also has been equally mindful of his majesty's food, the spurge having long been named "devil's milk" and the briony the "devil's cherry."
From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)
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 Taylor, Benjamin
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)
She came towards him down the yellow glade through the sunshine and the shadow, with a spray of briony in her hand.
From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Cholmondeley, Mary
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
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