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Meanings of devil's turnip in English

White-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran.

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Examples for "white bryony"
Examples for "white bryony"
1
And white bryony would reduce fevers in humans, but for faeries it was extremely effective in staving off freezing.
Spells
2
The roots of white bryony and of arum, I am informed lose much of their acrimony by boiling.]
The Botanic Garden / A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of...
3
As it withers, the many-pointed leaf of the white bryony and the bine as it shrivels, in like manner, do their part.
Nature Near London
4
Tops of white Bryony as grateful as asparagus
The Botanic Garden. Part II. / Containing the Loves of the Plant...