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- noun white-flowered vine having thick roots and bearing small black berries; Europe to Iran
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The external skin consists of the excretory ducts of the capillaries, with the mouths of the absorbents; when these are stimulated by the application of cantharides, or by a slice of the fresh root of bryonia alba bound on it, the capillary glands pour an increased quantity of fluid upon the skin by their increased action; and the absorbent vessels imbibe a greater quantity of the more fluid and saline part of it; whence a thick mucous or serous fluid is deposited between the skin and cuticle.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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