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WHITE BRYONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white bryony mean? 

WHITE BRYONY (noun)
  The noun WHITE BRYONY has 1 sense:

1. white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iranplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE BRYONY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE BRYONY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

White-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bryonia alba; devil's turnip; white bryony

Hypernyms ("white bryony" is a kind of...):

briony; bryony (a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties)


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