What is the name meaning of BRYONY. Phrases containing BRYONY
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English name derived from the flower name, a tendril-climbing, perennial herb plant. Some species are used medicinally. The name derives from Latin bryonia, from Greek bryo, BRYONY means "to grow, sprout, swell."
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The name of a flowering vine used in folk medicine.
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Variant spelling of English Bryony, BRIONY means "to grow, sprout, swell."
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Climbing Plant; Vine with Small Blossoms
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See Bryony.
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A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.
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A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.
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The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.