honeysuckle

hon·ey·suck·le  (hn-skl)

n.

1. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lonicera, having opposite leaves, fragrant, usually paired tubular flowers, and small berries.

2. Any of various similar or related plants.

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[Middle English honysoukel, alteration of honisouke, from Old English hunsce : hunig, honey + scan, to suck; see suck.]

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honeysuckle

Noun

a climbing shrub with sweet-smelling white, yellow, or pink flowers [Old English hunigsūce]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	honeysuckle - shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera genus Lonicera, Lonicera - woodbine Lonicera albiflora, white honeysuckle - bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States American fly honeysuckle, fly honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis - erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers Italian honeysuckle, Italian woodbine, Lonicera caprifolium - deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls Lonicera dioica, yellow honeysuckle - twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America Lonicera flava, yellow honeysuckle - climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States hairy honeysuckle, Lonicera hirsuta - twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers; northeastern America Lonicera involucrata, twinberry - shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica - an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow with age; has become a weed in some areas Hall's honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica halliana - a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine; established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States Lonicera morrowii, Morrow's honeysuckle - a grey deciduous honeysuckle shrub paired white flowers turning yellow; Japan Lonicera periclymenum, woodbine - European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers coral honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet vine, trumpet flower - evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers bush honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, Tartarian honeysuckle - a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia European fly honeysuckle, European honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum - cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	honeysuckle - shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia banksia - any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds
	3.	honeysuckle - columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers Aquilegia canadensis, meeting house genus Aquilegia - columbine aquilege, aquilegia, columbine - a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains

Translations

honeysuckle [ˈhʌnɪsʌkl] n → madreselva

honeysuckle [ˈhʌnɪsʌkl] honey n → chèvrefeuille m

honeysuckle [ˈhʌnɪsʌkl] honey n → Geißblatt nt

honeysuckle [ˈhʌnɪsʌkl] n → caprifoglio