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[syn: honeysuckle, Australian honeysuckle, coast banksia, Banksia integrifolia]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[=u]ge privet.
See Honey, and Suck.] (Bot.)
One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for
their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus
Lonicera; as, Lonicera Caprifolium, and Lonicera
Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds;
Lonicera Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of
England; Lonicera grata, the American woodbine, and
Lonicera sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet
honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is Lonicera
Xylosteum; the American, Lonicera 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Australian honeysuckle
n 1: shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical
yellow nectarous flowers [syn: honeysuckle, Australian
honeysuckle, coast banksia, Banksia integrifolia]