Definition of Bryonia dioica

1. Noun. Bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia.

Exact synonyms: Red Bryony, Wild Hop
Generic synonyms: Briony, Bryony

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bryonia Dioica

Bryales
Bryan
Bryan Donkin
Bryansk
Bryant
Bryant's sign
Bryant's traction
Bryant's triangle
Bryanthus taxifolius
Bryce
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryn
Brynhild
Bryon
Bryonia alba
Bryonia dioica (current term)
Bryophyta
Bryopsida
Bryson
Brython
Brythonic
Brythons
Bryum
Brønsted-Lowry acid
Brønsted-Lowry acids
Brønsted-Lowry base
Brønsted-Lowry bases
Brønsted acid
Brønsted base
Bsp6I methyltransferase

Literary usage of Bryonia dioica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"Bryonia dioica bears a red fruit and is dioecious. ... (A) he pollinated the pistils (egg-cells) of Bryonia dioica with the pollen of Bryonia alba. ..."

2. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1896)
"104) are raised by the hypocotyl somewhat above the level of the ground, those of Bryonia dioica (fig. 204) and of D. elatum (fig. ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1849)
"This may be well observed in Bryonia dioica, in which the rings of the grains in the pores instantaneously appear on the change of colour, which takes place ..."

4. New Homœopathic Pharmacopæia & Posology: Or the Mode of Preparing by Charles Julius Hempel, Joseph Benedict Buchner, Carl Ernst Gruner, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr (1850)
"Cucurbita- ce<B. It is not the bryonia dioica but the bryonia alba, of which Hahnemann made use in his experiments ; and though in Belgium and in certain ..."

5. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"(1) Bryonia dioica, L.—Ger. (2) Clematis Vitalba, L.—Rural Cyclopaedia. Vine, Wild. ... Bryonia dioica, L.—Pratt. Vinegar Plant. A kind of mould, ..."

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