noun
shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers
• Syn: ↑Leycesteria formosa
• Member Holonyms: ↑Leycesteria, ↑genus Leycesteria
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nounUsage: usually capitalized H
: a Himalayan shrub honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa) of the family Caprifoliaceae with drooping spikes of purplish flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.