honeysuckle

/ˌhʌniˈsʌkəl/

/ˈhʌnisəkəl/

Other forms: honeysuckles

Definitions of honeysuckle

1. noun

   shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
   types:

   Lonicera albiflora, white honeysuckle

   bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States

   American fly honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis, fly honeysuckle

   erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers

   Italian honeysuckle, Italian woodbine, Lonicera caprifolium

   deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls

   Lonicera dioica, yellow honeysuckle

   twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America

   Lonicera flava, yellow honeysuckle

   climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States

   Lonicera hirsuta, hairy honeysuckle

   twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers; northeastern America

   Lonicera involucrata, twinberry

   shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America

   Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica

   an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow with age; has become a weed in some areas

   Hall's honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica halliana

   a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine; established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States

   Lonicera morrowii, Morrow's honeysuckle

   a grey deciduous honeysuckle shrub paired white flowers turning yellow; Japan

   Lonicera periclymenum, woodbine

   European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers

   Lonicera sempervirens, coral honeysuckle, trumpet flower, trumpet honeysuckle, trumpet vine

   evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers

   Lonicera tatarica, Tartarian honeysuckle, bush honeysuckle

   a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia

   European fly honeysuckle, European honeysuckle, Lonicera xylosteum

   cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit

   swamp fly honeysuckle

   a variety of fly honeysuckle

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2. noun

   shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers
   synonyms: Australian honeysuckle, Banksia integrifolia, coast banksia

   type of:

   banksia

   any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds
3. noun

   columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers
   synonyms: Aquilegia canadensis, meeting house

   type of:

   aquilege, aquilegia, columbine

   a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains