noun
shrubs and small trees and woody vines
• Syn: ↑Caprifoliaceae, ↑family Caprifoliaceae
• 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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noun* * *
the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
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honeysuckle family,
a group of dicotyledonous shrubs and, occasionally, herbs, found chiefly in northern temperate regions, having opposite leaves, bisexual, sometimes showy flowers, and bearing a berry or capsule as the fruit. The family includes the viburnum, honeysuckle, elder, snowberry, and coralberry.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.