HyperDic: genus_bryonia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Bryonia:
NOUNplantgenus Bryoniaclimbing perennial herbs
English > genus Bryonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningClimbing perennial herbs: bryony.
Member ofCucurbitaceae, family Cucurbitaceae, gourd familyA family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
Membersbryony, brionyA vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus bryonia
Catalangenus bryonia

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