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bryony

/brahy-uh-nee/US // ˈbraɪ ə ni //UK // (ˈbraɪənɪ) //

布莱欧尼,布莱恩,布莱恩尼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bry·o·nies.

    • : any Old World vine or climbing plant belonging to the genus Bryonia, of the gourd family, yielding acrid juice having emetic and purgative properties.

Examples

  • From the infusion or decoction of the root of white bryony (Bryonia dioica).

  • The two kinds of wild Bryony are also herbaceous climbers of rapid growth, and among the most beautiful of our hedge plants.

  • HE gardener bade Arcade and Zita sit down in an arbour walled with wild bryony, at the far end of the orchard.

  • Black bryony is a twining plant, and can travel spirally up the hazel stems, just as a hop ascends its pole.

  • Black bryony and woodbine twisted up every available stem, and a knot of blackthorn grew over all.