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bryony

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

FrançaisBrione
DeutschZaunrübe
Italianobrionia
15 more languages
العربيةفاشرا
Bosanskiposed
Catalàbriònia
Češtinaposed
فارسیفاشرا
Hrvatskiposed
Հայերենլոշտակ
Қазақ тіліитжүзім
Shqipkulpër
Српскиposed
Svenskahundrova

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