bryony
/brahy-uh-nee/US // ˈbraɪ ə ni //UK // (ˈbraɪənɪ) //
布莱欧尼,布莱恩,布莱恩尼
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural bry·o·nies.
- : any Old World vine or climbing plant belonging to the genus Bryonia, of the gourd family, yielding acrid juice having emetic and purgative properties.
Examples
From the infusion or decoction of the root of white bryony (Bryonia dioica).
The two kinds of wild Bryony are also herbaceous climbers of rapid growth, and among the most beautiful of our hedge plants.
HE gardener bade Arcade and Zita sit down in an arbour walled with wild bryony, at the far end of the orchard.
Black bryony is a twining plant, and can travel spirally up the hazel stems, just as a hop ascends its pole.
Black bryony and woodbine twisted up every available stem, and a knot of blackthorn grew over all.
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