Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Aquilegia canadensis, Ausralian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia, meeting house

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

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