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honeysuckle (shrub)

Definition:

a shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera

Class:

plant noun (plants and fungi)

Plural:

honeysuckles

Original source:

WordNet

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Wikipedia:

Honeysuckle | Honeysuckles

Summary:

arching shrubs or twining vines in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 180 species of honeysuckle, 100 of which occur in China; Europe and North America have only about 20 native species each. Widely known ...  (40 of 862 words, 3 images)

Columbia:

honeysuckle | black haw | guelder-rose | high-bush cranberry | hobblebush | snowball | viburnum | wayfaring tree

Summary:

common name for some members of the Caprifoliaceae, a family comprised mostly of vines and shrubs of the Northern Hemisphere, especially abundant in E ...  (24 of 365 words)

Wikipedia:

Honeysuckle (disambiguation) | Honeysuckles

Summary:

vines in the family Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle can also refer to: Rewarewa, the New Zealand honeysuckle tree | Banksia integrifolia, the Australian honeysuckle tree | "Chevrefoil", a Breton lai by Marie de France, called "Honeysuckle" in English | ...  (34 of 111 words, 6 senses)

Britannica:

honeysuckle

Summary:

any of about 200 species of ornamental shrubs and climbers of the genus Lonicera. Honeysuckles are native to temperate zones of both hemispheres, but ...  (24 of 99 words)

Merriam-Webster:

honeysuckle

Summary:

any of a genus (Lonicera of the family Caprifoliaceae, the honeysuckle family) of shrubs with opposite leaves and fragrant tubular flowers rich in ...  (23 of 69 words, 2 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

Encarta:

honeysuckle | honeysuckles [plural]

Summary:

a climbing bush with twining stems. Flowers: fragrant, tubular, with spreading twin-petal lobes. Genus Lonicera. | a plant with large woody seed ...  (21 of 65 words, 2 senses, 1 etymology, pronunciation)

Wiktionary:

honeysuckle | honeysuckles [plural]

Summary:

Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.  (26 of 34 words, pronunciation)

Random House:

honeysuckle

Summary:

any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.  (22 of 27 words, pronunciation)

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