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bryony

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹaɪəni/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from English.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: briony

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vine

Narrower terms: white bryony, devil's turnip, Bryonia alba, red bryony, wild hop, Bryonia dioica

History

Etymology

From the bryony plant in the 19th century.

From Middle English brionie, from Latin bryōnia (“bryony”), from Ancient Greek βρυωνία (bruōnía, “bryony”), from βρύω (brúō).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kulpër — herb of Bryonia
  • Arabic: فَاشِرَا (fāširā) — herb of Bryonia
  • Aramaic: ܦܫܪ ܐܫܬܝܢ (pāšər ʾəštīn) — herb of Bryonia
  • Aramaic: ܦܫܪ ܫܬܝܢ (pāšər štīn) — herb of Bryonia
  • Armenian: լոշտակ (loštak) — herb of Bryonia
  • Middle Armenian: լօշտակ (lōštak) — herb of Bryonia
  • Catalan: briònia — herb of Bryonia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瀉根 /泻根 (xiègēn) — herb of Bryonia
  • Czech: posed — herb of Bryonia
  • Dacian: κινούβοιλα (kinoúboila) — herb of Bryonia
  • Finnish: koirannauris — herb of Bryonia
  • Finnish: koiranköynnös — herb of Bryonia
  • French: brione — herb of Bryonia
  • Galician: norza — herb of Bryonia
  • Galician: brionia — herb of Bryonia
  • Galician: nabo caíño — herb of Bryonia
  • Galician: saltasebes — herb of Bryonia
  • Galician: boudaña — herb of Bryonia
  • German: Zaunrübe — herb of Bryonia
  • Ancient Greek: βρυωνία (bruōnía) — herb of Bryonia
  • Ancient Greek: ἄμπελος λευκή (ámpelos leukḗ) — herb of Bryonia
  • Italian: brionia — herb of Bryonia
  • Kazakh: итжүзім (itjüzım) — herb of Bryonia
  • Latin: bryonia — herb of Bryonia
  • Occitan: nap del diable — herb of Bryonia
  • Persian: فاشرا (fâšerâ) — herb of Bryonia
  • Russian: пересту́пень (perestúpenʹ) — herb of Bryonia
  • Russian: брио́ния (briónija) — herb of Bryonia
  • Serbo-Croatian: bljúštac — herb of Bryonia
  • Slovene: bljúščəc — herb of Bryonia
  • Swedish: hundrova — herb of Bryonia
  • Ottoman Turkish: فاشرا (faşira) — herb of Bryonia