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bryonies

bryonies is the plural 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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Questions about bryonies

What is bryonies the plural of?
Bryonies is the plural of bryony.

Words near bryonies in the dictionary

  1. bryologists
  2. bryologs
  3. bryology
  4. Bryon
  5. Bryonie
  6. bryonies
  7. bryonin
  8. bryonine
  9. Bryonna
  10. bryony
  11. bryophagous

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