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Honeysuckle
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What's The Definition Of Honeysuckle?
[n] columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers
[n] shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers [n] shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera Synonyms | Synonyms for Honeysuckle: Aquilegia canadensis | Ausralian honeysuckle | Banksia integrifolia | coast banksia | meeting house Related Terms | Find terms related to Honeysuckle: See Also | American fly honeysuckle | aquilege | aquilegia | banksia | bush | bush honeysuckle | columbine | coral honeysuckle | European fly honeysuckle | European honeysuckle | fly honeysuckle | genus Aquilegia | genus Lonicera | hairy honeysuckle | Hall's honeysuckle | Italian honeysuckle | Italian woodbine | Japanese honeysuckle | Lonicera | Lonicera albiflora | Lonicera canadensis | Lonicera caprifolium | Lonicera dioica | Lonicera flava | Lonicera hirsuta | Lonicera involucrata | Lonicera japonica | Lonicera japonica halliana | Lonicera morrowii | Lonicera periclymenum | Lonicera sempervirens | Lonicera tatarica | Lonicera xylosteum | Morrow's honeysuckle | shrub | Tartarian honeysuckle | trumpet flower | trumpet honeysuckle | trumpet vine | twinberry | white honeysuckle | woodbine | yellow honeysuckle Honeysuckle In Webster's Dictionary \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis?ge privet. See
{Honey}, and {Suck}.] (Bot.)
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for
their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus
{Lonicera}; as, {L. Caprifolium}, and {L. Japonica},
the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; {L.
Periclymenum}, the fragrant woodbine of England; {L.
grata}, the American woodbine, and {L. sempervirens},
the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly
honeysuckle is {L. Xylosteum}; the American, {L.
ciliata}. The American Pinxter flower ({Azalea
nudiflora}) is often called honeysuckle, or false
honeysuckle. The name {Australian honeysuckle} is
applied to one or more trees of the genus {Banksia}.
See {French honeysuckle}, under {French}.
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