honeysuckle
English
Etymology
From Middle English honysokel, honisokel, honysocle, hunisuccle, perhaps an alteration of Middle English honysoke, honysouke (“honeysuckle”) (whence honeysuck), from Old English huniġsūce, huniġsūge (“honeysuckle”); equivalent to honey + suck + -le, or honeysuck + -le.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʌnɪsʌk(ə)l/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhʌniːsʌkəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
honeysuckle (countable and uncountable, plural honeysuckles)
Derived terms
- Cape honeysuckle (Tecoma capensis)
- Chinese honeysuckle (Combretum indicum)
- common honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
- French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)
- goat-leaf honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium)
- green honeysuckle (Lambertia rariflora)
- hairy honeysuckle (Helicia ferruginea)
- Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa)
- honeysuckle bush (Triunia youngiana)
- honeysuckle oak (Banksia integrifolia)
- Italian honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium)
- many-flowered honeysuckle (Lambertia multiflora)
- native honeysuckle (Triunia youngiana)
- New Zealand honeysuckle (Knightia excelsa)
- red honeysuckle (Banksia serrata)
- silvery honeysuckle (Grevillea striata)
- Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
- white honeysuckle (Banksia integrifolia)
Translations
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See also
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