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Definition of Honeysuckle
1. Noun. Shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera.
Specialized synonyms: Lonicera Albiflora, White Honeysuckle, American Fly Honeysuckle, Fly Honeysuckle, Lonicera Canadensis, Italian Honeysuckle, Italian Woodbine, Lonicera Caprifolium, Lonicera Dioica, Yellow Honeysuckle, Lonicera Flava, Yellow Honeysuckle, Hairy Honeysuckle, Lonicera Hirsuta, Lonicera Involucrata, Twinberry, Japanese Honeysuckle, Lonicera Japonica, Hall's Honeysuckle, Lonicera Japonica Halliana, Lonicera Morrowii, Morrow's Honeysuckle, Lonicera Periclymenum, Woodbine, Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera Sempervirens, Trumpet Flower, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Trumpet Vine, Bush Honeysuckle, Lonicera Tatarica, Tartarian Honeysuckle, European Fly Honeysuckle, European Honeysuckle, Lonicera Xylosteum
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. Shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers.
Generic synonyms: Banksia
3. Noun. Columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Aquilegia
Generic synonyms: Aquilege, Aquilegia, Columbine
Definition of Honeysuckle
1. n. One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
Definition of Honeysuckle
1. Noun. Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus ''Lonicera'' in the ''Caprifoliaceae'' family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Honeysuckle
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Medical Definition of Honeysuckle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Honeysuckle
Literary usage of Honeysuckle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1860)
"The hairy honeysuckle (L. hirsuta, Eaton) is a much more attractive species, ...
The common honeysuckle is a native of England, and is there likewise called ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"In woodlands, Tennessee, Ohio and western Ontario (?) to Wisconsin and Manitoba.
May-June. 6. Lonicera flava Sims. Yellow honeysuckle. (Fig. 3460. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In the western counties of England, and generally by agriculturists, the name
honeysuckle is applied to the meadow clover, Trifolium pretense. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"See French honeysuckle. honeysuckle, Ground. Lotus corniculatus, L.—Ches. ...
honeysuckle Grass. We have this name for Trifolium repens, L., ..."
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