bryony : Idioms & Phrases

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Black bryony

  • noun common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
    black bindweed; Tamus communis.
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  • a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.
Webster 1913

red bryony

  • noun bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia
    Bryonia dioica; wild hop.
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white bryony

  • noun white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
    devil's turnip; Bryonia alba.
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