| brya | (n) genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood, Syn. genus Brya |
| bryaceae | (n) a family of acrocarpous mosses, Syn. family Bryaceae |
| bryales | (n) category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space, Syn. order Bryales |
| bryan | (n) United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925), Syn. Boy Orator of the Platte, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner |
| bryan | (n) a town of east central Texas |
| bryanthus | (n) procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers |
| eubryales | (n) mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules, Syn. order Eubryales |
| genus bryanthus | (n) a genus allied to and once included in genus Phyllodoce |
| mesembryanthemum | (n) South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight, Syn. genus Mesembryanthemum |
| brummell | (n) English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840), Syn. George Bryan Brummell, Beau Brummell |
| donkin | (n) English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855), Syn. Bryan Donkin |
| ford | (n) son of Henry Ford (1893-1943), Syn. Edsel Bryant Ford |
| granadilla tree | (n) West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony, Syn. granadillo, Brya ebenus |
| hottentot fig | (n) low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp, Syn. Carpobrotus edulis, sour fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, Hottentot's fig |
| ice plant | (n) Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice, Syn. icicle plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
| mountain heath | (n) small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States, Syn. Bryanthus taxifolius, Phyllodoce caerulea |
