white bryony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: white bryony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for white bryony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white bryony n white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran Synonym(s): white bryony, devil's turnip, Bryonia alba
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bryony \Bry"ony\ (br[imac]"[osl]n[ycr]), n. [L. bryonia, Gr. brywni`a, fr. bry`ein to swell, esp. of plants.] (Bot.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus {Bryonia}. The root of {B. alba} (rough or {white bryony}) and of {B. dioica} is a strong, irritating cathartic. {Black bryony}, a plant ({Tamus communis}) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.