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Meaning of bryony | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbɹaɪəni

Definitions

  1. A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild subspecies Bryonia cretica dioica (syn. Bryonia dioica).
  2. A female given name from English.

Equivalents

العربية فاشرا
Bosanski posed
Català briònia
Čeština posed
Deutsch Zaunrübe
فارسی فاشرا
Français Brione
Hrvatski posed
Հայերեն լոշտակ
Italiano brionia
Қазақша итжүзім
Shqip kulpër
Српски posed
Svenska hundrova

Examples

“On a sudden a low breath / Of tender air made tremble in the hedge / The fragil bindweed-bells and briony rings; […]”
“I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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