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caprifole

/ˈkæpɹɪfoʊl/

caprifole noun: the woodbine or honeysuckle.

Noun

caprifole (plural caprifoles)

  1. (obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
    • With wanton yvie twine entrayled athwart,
      And Eglantine and Caprifole emong […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of caprifole

pluralcaprifoles

Origin of caprifole

From Latin caper (“goat”) + folium (“leaf”).

Questions about caprifole

What does caprifole mean?
Caprifole means the woodbine or honeysuckle.
What part of speech is caprifole?
Caprifole is a noun.
How do you pronounce caprifole?
Caprifole is pronounced /ˈkæpɹɪfoʊl/.
What is the plural of caprifole?
The plural of caprifole is caprifoles.

Words near caprifole in the dictionary

  1. caprifies
  2. caprifig
  3. caprifigs
  4. caprifoil
  5. caprifoils
  6. caprifole
  7. caprifoles
  8. caprifoliaceous
  9. capriform
  10. caprify
  11. caprifying

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