French honeysuckle

Other forms: French honeysuckles

Definitions of French honeysuckle
  1. noun
    European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers
    synonyms: Centranthus ruber, red valerian
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    type of:
    flower
    a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
  2. noun
    perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
    synonyms: Hedysarum coronarium, sulla
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    type of:
    subshrub, suffrutex
    low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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