Bry'o-ny, n.

n. [Lat. bryonia, Gr. βρυωνία, βρυώνη, βρυωνίς, from βρύειν, to swell, of plants; Pr., Sp., & It. brionia, Fr. bryone.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Bryonia. The root of the rough or white bryony is a strong, irritating cathartic. Dunglison.

Black bryony, a genus of plants called Tamus.