bryony
noun
any Old World vine or climbing plant belonging to the genus Bryonia, of the gourd family, yielding acrid juice having emetic and purgative properties.
bryonies
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pluralof bryony.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The number of different kinds of bushes in the hedgerows, entwined by traveller's joy and the bryonies, is conspicuous compared with the hedges of the northern counties.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
The stem of one of the bryonies withers up so completely that the shrinkage, aided by a little wind, snaps it.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
