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briony

briony is the alternative spelling of bryony.

Meaning of bryony

Noun

bryony (countable and uncountable, plural bryonies)

  1. A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).
    • 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

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Forms of briony

pluralbrionies

Phrases with briony

Questions about briony

What is briony the alternative spelling of?
Briony is the alternative spelling of bryony.

Words near briony in the dictionary

  1. Brioneses
  2. Brioney
  3. brionies
  4. Brionna
  5. Brions
  6. briony
  7. Brioverian
  8. briquet
  9. briquetage
  10. briquets
  11. briquette

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