'Honeysuckle' definitions:
Definition of 'honeysuckle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
noun
Shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers [syn: honeysuckle, Australian honeysuckle, coast banksia, Banksia integrifolia]
noun
Columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers [syn: meeting house, honeysuckle, Aquilegia canadensis]
Definition of 'Honeysuckle'
From: GCIDE
- Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[=u]ge privet. See Honey, and Suck.] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. [1913 Webster]
- Note: 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]
Words containing 'Honeysuckle'
- Honeysuckled,
- Australian honeysuckle,
- Fly honeysuckle,
- French honeysuckle,
- Swamp honeysuckle,
- Trumpet honeysuckle,
- bush honeysuckle,
- coral honeysuckle,
- european honeysuckle,
- garland honeysuckle,
- hairy honeysuckle,
- hall's honeysuckle,
- himalaya honeysuckle,
- honeysuckle family,
- italian honeysuckle,
- jamaica honeysuckle,
- japanese honeysuckle,
- morrow's honeysuckle,
- tartarian honeysuckle,
- the honeysuckle ornament,
- white honeysuckle,
- yellow honeysuckle,
- american fly honeysuckle,
- european fly honeysuckle,
- new zealand honeysuckle,
- swamp fly honeysuckle,
- white swamp honeysuckle