honeysuckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌnɪsʌk(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈhʌniːsʌkəl/
Forms: form: honeysuckles
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: 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 heralds of Titania.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 56:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: 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."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 169:
glosses: Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
glosses: Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
glosses: Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
glosses: Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
glosses: Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
glosses: Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
Derived terms: english: Diervilla spp.; Lonicera spp.
translation: Diervilla spp.; Lonicera spp.
word: bush honeysuckle
taxonomic: Tecoma capensis
word: Cape honeysuckle
taxonomic: Combretum indicum
word: Chinese honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera periclymenum
word: common honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera sempervirens
word: coral honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera xylosteum
word: dwarf honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera etrusca
word: Etruscan honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera spp.
word: fly honeysuckle
taxonomic: Hedysarum coronarium
word: French honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera dioica
word: glaucous honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera caprifolium
word: goat-leaf honeysuckle
word: gold-and-silver honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera japonica
word: golden-and-silver honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lambertia rariflora
word: green honeysuckle
taxonomic: Helicia ferruginea
word: hairy honeysuckle
word: Hall's honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera japonica
word: Hall's Japanese honeysuckle
taxonomic: Leycesteria formosa
word: Himalayan honeysuckle
taxonomic: Triunia youngiana
word: honeysuckle bush
word: honeysuckled
taxonomic: Banksia integrifolia
word: honeysuckle oak
taxonomic: Lonicera caprifolium
word: Italian honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera japonica
word: Japanese honeysuckle
taxonomic: Tecoma capensis
word: kaffir honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera dioica
word: limber honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lambertia multiflora
word: many-flowered honeysuckle
taxonomic: Triunia youngiana
word: native honeysuckle
taxonomic: Knightia excelsa
word: New Zealand honeysuckle
taxonomic: Banksia serrata
word: red honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera sempervirens
word: scarlet honeysuckle
taxonomic: Grevillea striata
word: silvery honeysuckle
taxonomic: Turraea obtusifolia
word: small honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera tatarica
word: Tartarian honeysuckle
taxonomic: Lonicera sempervirens
word: trumpet honeysuckle
taxonomic: Banksia integrifolia
word: white honeysuckle
Related terms: woodbine