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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 Iran
Familiarity information: WHITE BRYONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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