white bryony

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

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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