The common Bryony, Bryonia dioica; also, the berry of this plant. Variously said to cure and to produce tetter.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, II. cccvi. 720. In English Bryonie, white Bryonie, and tetter Berrie.
1598. Florio, Vitalba, wilde vine or tetterberrie growing in hedges with red berries … the iuice whereof will cause the skin to blister.
1640. Parkinson, Theatr. Bot., II. xiii. 181. Good against all fretting and running caukers, gangrænes and tetters, and therefore the berries [are] usually called of the Country people, Tetter berries.
1886. Britten & H., Plant-n., Tetter-berry … Hants., where children have an idea that the juice of the fruit will, if it touches the skin, produce tetter.
