noun. Any of various Eurasian tendril-bearing vines of the genus Bryonia, having red or black berries and tuberous roots formerly used as medicine.

noun. The black bryony.

noun. The common name of species of Bryonia, a cucurbitaceous genus of plants, possessing acrid, emetic, and purgative properties which have given them repute as remedies for many diseases from early times.

noun. The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of Bryonia alba (rough bryony or white bryony) and of Bryonia dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.

noun. a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.

noun. A perennial herb, of genus Bryonia, especially the common wild species, Bryonia dioica.

noun. a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties

""O'er the muir, amang the heather," Eleanor's walk had gone; and her basket was gay with gorse and broom just opening; but from grassy banks on her way she had brought the bright blue speedwell; and clematis and bryony from the hedges, and from under them wild hyacinth and white campion and crane's-bill and primroses; and a meadow she had passed over gave her one or two pretty kinds of orchis, with daisies and cowslips, and grasses of various kinds."

bastard bryony  black bryony  

vine  

bryonia alba  bryonia dioica  devil's turnip  red bryony  rough bryony  

Campanula  Gladiolus  acanthus  briony  cardoon