Definition of French honeysuckle

1. Noun. European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers.

Exact synonyms: Centranthus Ruber, Red Valerian
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Centranthus, Genus Centranthus

2. Noun. Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop.
Exact synonyms: Hedysarum Coronarium, Sulla
Group relationships: Genus Hedysarum, Hedysarum
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Definition of French honeysuckle

1. Noun. A perennial herb, ''Hedysarum coronarium'', native to Northern Africa and Spain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of French Honeysuckle

French drain
French drains
French dressing
French dressing for fruit salad
French endive
French flag problem
French flap
French foreign office
French franc
French francs
French fries
French fritter
French fry
French grip
French heel
French honeysuckle (current term)
French horn
French horns
French inhale
French inhaled
French inhales
French inhaling
French kiss
French kissed
French kisser
French kissers
French kisses
French kissing
French knickers
French knot

Literary usage of French honeysuckle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"H. coronarium is neither a honeysuckle nor a native of France ; and whilst we call it French honeysuckle the French people name it Spanish Sainfoin and ..."

2. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"... of which have purple or white flowers, but they are rarely seen in British gardens. GENUS XIII. HEDYSARUM, Dec. ; THE French honeysuckle. Lin. Syst. ..."

3. The Compounding of English Words: When and why Joining Or Separation is by Francis Horace Teall (1891)
"... be an illogical confusion like this: Dutch clinker, Dutch oven, Indian corn, Indian cress, Indian file, French-berry, French-chalk, French-honeysuckle, ..."

4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"The French honeysuckle. ... the French honeysuckle, the species most usually cultivated, is a perennial herb, with spikes of deep red flowers. ..."

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