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Definition: Azalea nudiflora
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.
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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.
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Pinkster
\Pink"ster\, n. [D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. ?.
See
Pentecost.]
Whitsuntide. [Written also
pingster and
pinxter.]
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Pinkster flower (Bot.), the rosy flower of the
Azalea nudiflora
; also, the shrub itself; -- called also
Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the
Dutch settlers.
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