honeysuckle
UK/ˈhʌnɪsʌk(ə)l//ˈhʌn.i.sʌk.əl/
honeysuckle noun: any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet-smelling, bell-shaped flowers.
Noun
honeysuckle (countable and uncountable, plural honeysuckles)
- Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet-smelling, bell-shaped flowers.
- There was nothing of that luxuriance of blossom which had hitherto clothed the wood, for there were no hawthorns; but the bog-myrtle imparted its tender fragrance, and the caressing honeysuckle wound round many an ancient trunk, odours exhaling from every fairy-like tube—fit trumpets for the...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 56
- Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia.
- Bothered by the conviction of making no impression on her, he pulled up at a strip of road shaded by tall spotted gums, blackbutt, and honeysuckle, and produced a packet of cigarettes. "About time for a smoke-O," he said, "Have a fag, Cora."1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 169
- Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia).
- Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia).
- Banksia marginata (silver banksia).
- Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle).
- Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle).
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle
- A female given name.
- A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle
- The ship of characters Kim and Basil from the video game Omori.
honeysuckle meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Persian
honeysuckle in Arabic
- plant
- صَرِيمَة الْجَدْي
honeysuckle in Indonesian
- plant
- kamperfuli
honeysuckle in Persian
- plant
- پلخوم palxum, پیچ امین الدوله pič-e amin-e dowle, سفیدآل safid-âl, سفیدال safidâl, شَن šan, شان šân
Forms of honeysuckle
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Origin of honeysuckle
From Middle English honysokel, honisokel, honysocle, hunisuccle, perhaps an alteration of Middle English honysoke, honysouke (“honeysuckle”) (whence honeysuck), from Old English huniġsūce, huniġsūge (“honeysuckle”); equivalent to honey + suck + -le, or honeysuck + -le.
Words formed from honeysuckle
- bush honeysuckle
- Cape honeysuckle
- Chinese honeysuckle
- common honeysuckle
- coral honeysuckle
- dwarf honeysuckle
- Etruscan honeysuckle
- fly honeysuckle
- French honeysuckle
- glaucous honeysuckle
- goat-leaf honeysuckle
- gold-and-silver honeysuckle
- golden-and-silver honeysuckle
- green honeysuckle
- hairy honeysuckle
- Hall's honeysuckle
- Hall's Japanese honeysuckle
- Himalayan honeysuckle
- honeysuckle bush
- honeysuckled
- honeysuckle heath
- honeysuckle oak
- Italian honeysuckle
- Japanese honeysuckle
- kaffir honeysuckle
- limber honeysuckle
- many-flowered honeysuckle
- native honeysuckle
- New Zealand honeysuckle
- red honeysuckle
- scarlet honeysuckle
- silvery honeysuckle
- small honeysuckle
- Tartarian honeysuckle
- trumpet honeysuckle
- white honeysuckle
Questions about honeysuckle
- What does honeysuckle mean?
- Honeysuckle means any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet-smelling, bell-shaped flowers.
- What is honeysuckle in Arabic?
- Honeysuckle in Arabic is صَرِيمَة الْجَدْي. See Honeysuckle meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is honeysuckle?
- Honeysuckle can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce honeysuckle?
- Honeysuckle is pronounced /ˈhʌnɪsʌk(ə)l/ (UK).
- What is the plural of honeysuckle?
- The plural of honeysuckle is honeysuckles.
Words near honeysuckle in the dictionary
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