briony
Noun
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A vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties (synset 112183552)
is a type of: vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surfacesubtypes:
- bryonia alba, devil's turnip, white bryony - white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
- bryonia dioica, red bryony, wild hop - bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia
belongs to: genus bryonia - climbing perennial herbs: bryonysame as: bryony
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