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bryony

/ˈbɹaɪəni/

bryony noun: a perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).

bryony: a perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica...
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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
    • I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 216

Proper noun capitalized: Bryony

Bryony

  1. A female given name from English.

bryony meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

bryony in Tamil

நெடுவிரல், நரியுடை, நாய்ப்பாகல்

bryony in Arabic

herb of Bryonia
فَاشِرَا fāširā

bryony in Persian

herb of Bryonia
فاشرا fâšerâ

Forms of bryony

pluralbryonies
alternative formbriony

Origin of bryony

From Middle English brionie, from Latin bryōnia (“bryony”), from Ancient Greek βρυωνία (bruōnía, “bryony”), from βρύω (brúō).

From the bryony plant in the 19th century.

Words formed from bryony

Questions about bryony

What does bryony mean?
Bryony means a perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).
What is bryony in Tamil?
Bryony in Tamil is நெடுவிரல், நரியுடை, நாய்ப்பாகல். See Bryony meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bryony?
Bryony can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bryony?
Bryony is pronounced /ˈbɹaɪəni/.
What is the plural of bryony?
The plural of bryony is bryonies.

Words near bryony in the dictionary

  1. Bryonie
  2. bryonies
  3. bryonin
  4. bryonine
  5. Bryonna
  6. bryony
  7. bryophagous
  8. bryophagy
  9. bryophilin
  10. bryophilins
  11. bryophillin

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