noun
shrubs and small trees and woody vines
• Syn: ↑family Caprifoliaceae, ↑honeysuckle family
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiales, ↑order Rubiales
• Member Meronyms:
↑genus Abelia, ↑Diervilla, ↑genus Diervilla, ↑Leycesteria, ↑genus Leycesteria, ↑Linnaea, ↑genus Linnaea, ↑Lonicera, ↑genus Lonicera, ↑Symphoricarpos, ↑genus Symphoricarpos, ↑snowberry, ↑common snowberry, ↑waxberry, ↑Symphoricarpos alba, ↑Sambucus, ↑genus Sambucus, ↑Triostium, ↑genus Triostium, ↑Viburnum, ↑genus Viburnum, ↑genus Weigela
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\\ˌkaprəˌfōl ˈāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large family of plants (order Rubiales) characterized by opposite usually exstipulate leaves and flowers with calyx tube adnate to the ovary
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Caprifoliāˈceae /-si-ē/ plural noun
The honeysuckle family or plants
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Main Entry: ↑caprifole
Useful english dictionary. 2012.