HyperDic: devil[s_turnip

English > 1 sense of the expression devil's turnip:
NOUNplantdevil's turnip, white bryony, Bryonia albawhite-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries
English > devil's turnip: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwhite-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran.
Synonymswhite bryony, Bryonia alba
Broaderbryony, brionyA vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties

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