HONEYSUCKLE

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• HONEYSUCKLE (noun)
  The noun HONEYSUCKLE has 3 senses:

1. shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
2. shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers
3. columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers

  Familiarity information: HONEYSUCKLE used as a noun is uncommon.

• HONEYSUCKLE (noun)

Meaning:

Shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honeysuckle"):

bush honeysuckle; Lonicera tatarica; Tartarian honeysuckle (a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia)

coral honeysuckle; Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet flower; trumpet honeysuckle; trumpet vine (evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers)

Lonicera periclymenum; woodbine (European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers)

Lonicera morrowii; Morrow's honeysuckle (a grey deciduous honeysuckle shrub paired white flowers turning yellow; Japan)

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)

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)

Lonicera involucrata; twinberry (shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America)

hairy honeysuckle; Lonicera hirsuta (twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers; northeastern America)

Lonicera flava; yellow honeysuckle (climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States)

Lonicera dioica; yellow honeysuckle (twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America)

Italian honeysuckle; Italian woodbine; Lonicera caprifolium (deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls)

American fly honeysuckle; fly honeysuckle; Lonicera canadensis (erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers)

Lonicera albiflora; white honeysuckle (bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States)

European fly honeysuckle; European honeysuckle; Lonicera xylosteum (cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit)

Holonyms ("honeysuckle" is a member of...):

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

Meaning:

Shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Australian honeysuckle; Banksia integrifolia; coast banksia; honeysuckle

Hypernyms ("honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

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)

Meaning:

Columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aquilegia canadensis; meeting house; honeysuckle

Hypernyms ("honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

aquilege; aquilegia; columbine (a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains)

Holonyms ("honeysuckle" is a member of...):

genus Aquilegia (columbine)