Meanings
nounbriony (countable and uncountable, plural brionies)
plural brionies
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of bryony.
On a sudden a low breath / Of tender air made tremble in the hedge / The fragil bindweed-bells and briony rings; […]
1855, Alfred Tennyson, “The Brook; an Idyl”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 112
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
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