white bryony

British  

noun

1. Also called: red bryony.  a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries See also black bryony bryony

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Example Sentences

The white bryony, whose leaf is not unlike that of the grape, has a magical reputation, and the cottage folk believe its root to be a powerful ingredient in love potions, and also poisonous.

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The white bryony is there also, and its tendrils have fastened on to the hazel, beech and dog-wood, which make up the mass of the hedge. 

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As it withers, the many-pointed leaf of the white bryony and the bine as it shrivels, in like manner, do their part.

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