honeysuckle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: honeysuckle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for honeysuckle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
honeysuckle n shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers Synonym(s): honeysuckle, Australian honeysuckle, coast banksia, Banksia integrifolia columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers Synonym(s): meeting house, honeysuckle, Aquilegia canadensis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honeysuckle \Hon"eysuc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[?]ge privet. See {Honey}, and {Suck}.] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus {Lonicera}; as, {L. Caprifolium}, and {L. Japonica}, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; {L. Periclymenum}, the fragrant woodbine of England; {L. grata}, the American woodbine, and {L. sempervirens}, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle* is {L. Xylosteum}; the American, {L. 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}.