honeysuckle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
  2. noun shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers
    Banksia integrifolia; Australian honeysuckle; coast banksia.
  3. noun columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers
    meeting house; Aquilegia canadensis.

WordNet

Hon"ey*suc`kle noun
Etymology
Cf. AS. hunisge privet. See Honey, and Suck.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. ✍ The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera; as, L. Caprifolium, and L. Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; L. Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of England; L. grata, the American woodbine, and L. sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is L. Xylosteum; the American, L. 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.

Webster 1913