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    DEVIL'S TURNIP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Bryonia alba; devil's turnip; white bryony

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("devil's turnip" is a kind of...):

    briony; bryony (a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties)

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