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RED BRYONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red bryony mean? 

RED BRYONY (noun)
  The noun RED BRYONY has 1 sense:

1. bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asiaplay

  Familiarity information: RED BRYONY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED BRYONY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bryonia dioica; red bryony; wild hop

Hypernyms ("red 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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