Found 2 items, similar to Honeysuckle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: honeysuckle
honeysuckle
n 1: shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
2: shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical
yellow nectarous flowers [syn:
Australian honeysuckle,
coast banksia
,
Banksia integrifolia]
3: columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red
flowers [syn:
meeting house,
Aquilegia canadensis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Honeysuckle
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]