Definitions for bryonies

bryonies bry·o·ny

Spelling: [brahy-uh-nee]
IPA: /ˈbraɪ ə ni/

Bryonies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 319 anagrams from letters in bryonies (beinorsy).

Definitions for bryonies

noun

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

Origin of bryonies

before 1000; Middle English brionie, Old English bryōnia Latin Greek: a wild vine

Examples for bryonies

Like the Purpura and the Pterocera, the bryony and other shells and plants.

In the common English bryony (Bryonia dioica) the sexes are separate, some plants having only male and others only female flowers.

bryony, brī′o-ni, n. a wild climbing plant, common in English hedgerows.

It is often observed that the tendrils of this bryony coil both ways, with and against the sun.

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

Without the bryony this preparation is known as Aqua hysterica.

Bines of bryony hold the ankles, and hazel boughs are stiff and not ready to bend to the will.

Both have vine-like leaves; but the hops are wrinkled, those of the bryony hairy or rough to the touch.

On the bushes in the hedge hang the vines of the bryony, bearing thick masses of red berries.

The hops seem to be the most powerful, and hold the bryony in the background.

Word Value for bryonies
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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