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Definition: Honeysuckle |
HoneysuckleNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "honeysuckle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To see or gather, honeysuckles, denotes that you will be contentedly prosperous and your marriage will be a singularly happy one. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Honeysuckle 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Dipsacales Family: Caprifoliaceae Genus: Lonicera Species
- Lonicera dioica
- Lonicera oblongifolia
- Lonicera albiflora
- Lonicera arizonica
- Lonicera X bella
- Lonicera caerulea
- Lonicera canadensis
- Lonicera caprifolium
- Lonicera chrysantha
- Lonicera ciliosa
- Lonicera conjugialis
- Lonicera dioica
- Lonicera etrusca
- Lonicera flava
- Lonicera fragrantissima
- Lonicera X heckrottii
- Lonicera hirsuta
- Lonicera hispidula
- Lonicera interrupta
- Lonicera involucrata
- Lonicera japonica
- Lonicera korolkowii
- Lonicera maackii
- Lonicera X minutiflora
- Lonicera morrowii
- Lonicera X notha
- Lonicera oblongifolia
- Lonicera periclymenum
- Lonicera reticulata
- Lonicera ruprechtiana
- Lonicera sempervirens
- Lonicera standishii
- Lonicera subspicata
- Lonicera tatarica
- Lonicera utahensis
- Lonicera villosa
- Lonicera X xylosteoides
- Lonicera xylosteum
The Honeysuckle (genus Lonicera) is a climbing shrub with sweetly scented bell-shaped flowers. There are over 180 species of honeysuckle, the most common of which are Lonicera japonica (known commonly as Japanese Honeysuckle, White Honeysuckle, or Chinese Honeysuckle) and Lonicera sempervirens (known commonly as Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, or Woodbine).
Japenese Honeysuckle is considered an invasive weed in the United States, and is classified as a noxious weed by the state of Illinois. Honeysuckle can be controlled by cutting, flaming, or burning the plant to root level and repeating on two week increments until nutrient reserves in the roots are depleted. Honeysuckle can also be controlled through annual applications of glyphosate, or through grubbing if high labor and soil destruction are not of concern.
Lonicera xylosteum (fly woodbine) is a common homeopathic remedy, used for asthma, breathing difficulties and syphilis.
Lonicera periclymenum (European honeysuckle) is an uncommon homeopathic remedy, used for irritability with violent outbursts.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Honeysuckle."
Synonyms: HoneysuckleSynonyms: coast banksia (n), meeting house (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Honeysuckle |
| English words defined with "honeysuckle": bell apple, bush honeysuckle ♦ Caprifole, Caprifoliaceous, coral honeysuckle ♦ Diervilla sessilifolia ♦ Fly cap, Fly fishing, Fly flap, French honeysuckle ♦ Hall's honeysuckle, Himalaya honeysuckle ♦ Japanese honeysuckle ♦ Leycesteria formosa, Lonicera albiflora, Lonicera involucrata, Lonicera japonica, Lonicera japonica halliana, Lonicera morrowii, Lonicera periclymenum, Lonicera sempervirens, Lonicera tatarica ♦ Morrow's honeysuckle ♦ one's self ♦ Palmette ♦ Rhododendron viscosum ♦ swamp azalea, swamp fly honeysuckle, swamp honeysuckle, sweet cup ♦ Tartarian honeysuckle, To truss a person, trumpet flower, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet vine, twinberry ♦ water lemon, Weigelia, white honeysuckle, woodbine ♦ Xylostein ♦ yellow granadilla. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "honeysuckle": shamrock. (references) |
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Screenplays | I never knew that murder could smell like honeysuckle. (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder) I use Honeysuckle Mouthwash, that kissable preparation (Smartest Girl in Town; writing credit: Muriel Scheck; H.S. Kraft) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Moonlight and Honeysuckle (1921) Walnut & Honeysuckle (2001) Honeysuckle Rose (1981) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Morrow's honeysuckle - Lonerica morrowii. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) found along Upper Trail Creek Spring. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
 | Close up of Orange Honeysuckle (Lonicera ciliosa) along West Fork Trail Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Hairy Honeysuckle, also called California Honeysuckle, (Lonicera hispidula var. vacillans) located along Upper Trail Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| "Honeysuckle 1" by Stephanie Summerfield Commentary: "This are honeysuckles that grow up a trellis outside our house." | "Honeysuckle" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "Honeysuckle (Lonicera) The honeysuckle family includes 180 species of shrubs and climbing vines that grow in varied habitats ranging from woodlands to rocky places. . All are known for their attractive, often fragrant, 1/2- to 1-inch pink, white or red" |
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Theodore Roosevelt | It is delightful at all times, but I think especially so after dark. The monument stands up distinct but not quite earthly in the night, and at this season the air is sweet with the jasmine and honeysuckle. |
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| "Honeysuckle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.55% of the time. "Honeysuckle" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.55% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Honeysuckle Group Plc |
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Expressions using "honeysuckle": american fly honeysuckle ♦ Ausralian honeysuckle ♦ Australian honeysuckle ♦ bush honeysuckle ♦ coral honeysuckle ♦ european fly honeysuckle ♦ european honeysuckle ♦ fly honeysuckle ♦ french honeysuckle ♦ garland honeysuckle ♦ hairy honeysuckle ♦ Hall's honeysuckle ♦ himalaya honeysuckle ♦ honeysuckle family ♦ italian honeysuckle ♦ Jamaica honeysuckle ♦ japanese honeysuckle ♦ Morrow's honeysuckle ♦ swamp fly honeysuckle ♦ swamp honeysuckle ♦ Tartarian honeysuckle ♦ the honeysuckle ornament ♦ trumpet honeysuckle ♦ white honeysuckle ♦ white swamp honeysuckle ♦ yellow honeysuckle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "honeysuckle": honeysuckle-filtered. | |
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| Language | Translations for "honeysuckle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lulemustak, dorëzonjë (Woodbine). (various references) | |
Arabic | صريمة الجدي شجيرة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | орлови нокти (woodbind). (various references) | |
Chinese | 金銀花 , 忍冬属植物. (various references) | |
Czech | zimolez. (various references) | |
Danish | hanekloever (French honeysuckle, Spanish esparcet, sulla, sulla clover, sulla sweetvetch), spansk esparsette (French honeysuckle, Spanish esparcet, sulla, sulla clover, sulla sweetvetch). (various references) | |
Dutch | kamperfoelie (woodbine). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیچ امین الدوله(گ.ش.). (various references) | |
Finnish | kuusama. (various references) | |
French | chèvrefeuille. (various references) | |
Frisian | kamperfoelje. (various references) | |
German | geißblatt (woodbine). (various references) | |
Greek | αγιόκλημα (woodbine). (various references) | |
Italian | caprifoglio (Woodbine). (various references) | |
Korean | 이동덩굴. (various references) | |
Manx | ullaagagh (woodbine), lus y chellan (dwarf lousewort, woodbine), lus ny molley. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kaprifolium. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oneysucklehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | madressilva (bine, eglantine). (various references) | |
Romanian | caprifoi. (various references) | |
Russian | жимолость (woodbind, woodbine). (various references) | |
Scottish | uilleann (woodbine). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | orlovi nokti. (various references) | |
Spanish | madreselva (Woodbine). (various references) | |
Swedish | kaprifol. (various references) | |
Turkish | hanımeli. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | жимолость (woodbind). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwyddfid. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Lonicera caprifolium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "honeysuckle": honeysuckles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "honeysuckle" (pronounced hu"nēsu'kul) |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, alphabetical, analytical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, article, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, barnacle, biblical, bicycle, bifocal, biochemical, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chemical, Chronicle, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, clavicle, clerical, clinical, comical, commonsensical, conical, coracle, cortical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cuticle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, diacritical, dialectical, domical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, epochal, equivocal, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, etymological, evangelical, fanatical, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geophysical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, hierarchical, historical, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hypothetical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, impractical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, tentacle, testicle, theatrical, theological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, medical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, meteorological, methodical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythical, mythological, nautical, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, numerical, obstacle, ontological, optical, Oracle, oratorical, ornithological, paradoxical, particle, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, photochemical, physical, physiological, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, popsicle, practical, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, quizzical, rabbinical, radical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, satirical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, sociological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unequivocal, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-k-l-n-o-s-u-y" | |
-3 letters: echelons, elenchus, keyholes, sunchoke, unchokes. | |
-4 letters: chylous, cohunes, coulees, counsel, echelon, enclose, heckles, hockeys, honkeys, huckles, keelson, kenches, keyhole, leukons, lunches, lychees, lynches, shylock, slouchy, sockeye, unchoke, unclose, unlocks, unyokes. | |
-5 letters: cheeks, cheeky, cheesy, chokes, chokey, chosen, chouse, chunks, chunky, chyles, cleeks, clones, clonks, clonus, clunks, clunky, cohune, coleus, coneys, consul, coulee, echoes. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-k-l-n-o-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: honeysuckles. | |
+5 letters: phenylketonurics. | |
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