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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bry·o·ny /ˈbraɪəni/
 葫蘆科的一種蔓草

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 bry·o·ny /ˈbraɪənɪ/ 名詞
 瀉根

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bry·o·ny n.  Bot. The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia.  The root of Bryonia alba (rough bryony or white bryony) and of Bryonia dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.
 Black bryony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bryony
      n : a tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large
          leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with
          emetic and purgative properties [syn: briony]