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Noun: honeysuckle  'hú-nee,sú-kul
  1. Shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
    "The fragrant honeysuckle vine climbed up the garden trellis"
     
  2. Shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers
    "Bees swarmed around the Australian honeysuckle's nectar-rich blooms";
    - Australian honeysuckle, coast banksia, Banksia integrifolia
     
  3. [N. Amer, informal] Wildflower of eastern North America with distinctive red and yellow spurred flowers
    "Wild honeysuckle bloomed along the rocky trail";
    - Aquilegia canadensis, columbine [N. Amer]

Derived forms: honeysuckles

Type of: aquilege, aquilegia, banksia, bush, columbine, shrub

Part of: genus Aquilegia, genus Lonicera, Lonicera

Encyclopedia: Honeysuckle, Newcastle