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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).
    countable, uncountable
  2. A female given name from English.

Equivalents

العربية فاشرا
Čeština posed
Deutsch Zaunrübe
Français Brione
Italiano brionia
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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