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hon·ey·suck·le

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–noun

any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, esp. D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.

[Origin: 1225–75; ME honiesoukel, equiv. to honisouke (OE hunigsūce; see honey, suck) + -el -le

]

—Related forms

hon·ey·suck·led, adjective

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n.

Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lonicera, having opposite leaves, fragrant, usually paired tubular flowers, and small berries.
Any of various similar or related plants.

[Middle English honysoukel, alteration of honisouke, from Old English hunīsūce : hunig, honey + sūcan, to suck; see suck.]

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honeysuckle

c.1265, from O.E. hunigsuge "honey-suck," + dim. suffix -le. So called because "honey" can be sucked from it.

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honeysuckle
noun
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 [syn: meeting house]

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Honeysuckle

Hon"ey*suc`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.

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