plural bryonies
: any of a genus (Bryonia) of tendril-bearing vines of the gourd family with large leaves and red or black fruit
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In another, a bryony, with its red berries, had wound itself tightly around the fresh shoots of a grapevine, which, after searching in vain for a more solid support, had wrapped its own tendrils around the bryony in turn.
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Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
But the speed, the swiftness, walking into clarity, Like last year’s bryony are gone.
—Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
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Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
But the speed, the swiftness, walking into clarity, Like last year’s bryony are gone.
—Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
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“Bryony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bryony. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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