briony

Other forms: brionies

Definitions of briony

1. noun

   a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
   synonyms: bryony

   types:

   Bryonia alba, devil's turnip, white bryony

   white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran

   Bryonia dioica, red bryony, wild hop

   bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia

   type of:

   vine

   a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface