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black bryony

noun

  1. a twining Old World vine, Tamus communis, having heart-shaped leaves, small greenish flowers, and scarlet berries.

black bryony

noun

  1. a climbing herbaceous Eurasian plant, Tamus communis , having small greenish flowers and poisonous red berries: family Dioscoreaceae

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Black bryony is a twining plant, and can travel spirally up the hazel stems, just as a hop ascends its pole.

Black bryony and woodbine twisted up every available stem, and a knot of blackthorn grew over all.

Black bryony berries were twined about the lower branches, as were the dead leaves of honeysuckle.

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