English noun: briony | |||
1. | briony (plant) a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties | ||
Synonyms | bryony | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vine | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Bryonia alba, Bryonia dioica, devil's turnip, red bryony, white bryony, wild hop | ||
Member meronym | genus Bryonia | ||