Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

-- Bru"tish·ly, adv.

-- Bru"tish·ness, n.

Bru"tism (br"tĭz'm), n. The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.

Brut"ting (?), n. Browsing. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Bry·o·log"i·cal (?), a. Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.

Bry·ol"o·gist (?), n. One versed in bryology.

Bry·ol"o·gy (?), n. [Gr. ? moss + -logy.] That part of botany which relates to mosses.

Bry"o·nin (?), n. (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and B. dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic.

Bry"o·ny (brī"·n), n. [L. bryonia, Gr. βρυωνια, fr. βρυειν to swell, esp. of plants.] (Bot.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of B. alba (rough or white bryony) and of B. dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic.

-- Black bryony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.

Bry·oph"y·ta (?), n. pl. See Cryptogamia.

Bry`o·zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? moss + ? animal.] (Zoöl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.

They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, and Pterobranchia. See Cyclostoma, Chilostoma, and Phylactolema.