Bryonia

(bri-one-ah.) (Bot.) Agenus of plants, O. Cucurbit acer, to which belongs the Common Bryony, B. dioica, a wild climbing plant, which has a large woody perennial root, and annual stems, resembling those ofa gourd, except that they are more slender, clinging to bushes by means of their twisting tendrils. [s. 120]