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honeysuckle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun honeysuckle has 3 senses
- honeysuckle(n = noun.plant) Array - shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera; Array is a member of genus lonicera, lonicera
- honeysuckle(n = noun.plant) australian honeysuckle, banksia integrifolia, coast banksia - shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers; Array is a kind of banksia
- honeysuckle(n = noun.plant) aquilegia canadensis, meeting house - columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers; Array is a member of genus aquilegia
has particulars: 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
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a kind of aquilege, aquilegia, columbine
CIDE DICTIONARY
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. [1913 Webster]
" The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera ; as, Lonicera Caprifolium , and Lonicera Japonica , the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; Lonicera Periclymenum , the fragrant woodbine of England; Lonicera grata , the American woodbine, and Lonicera sempervirens , the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is Lonicera Xylosteum ; the American, Lonicera 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 ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
honeysuckle, n. any climbing shrub of the genus Lonicera with fragrant yellow and pink flowers.
Etymology
ME hunisuccle, -soukel, extension of hunisuce, -souke, f. OE hunigsuce, -suge (as HONEY, SUCK)
ROGET THESAURUS
honeysuckle
Sweetness
N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.
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