Library / English Dictionary

WHITE HONEYSUCKLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle

Synonyms:

Rhododendron viscosum; swamp azalea; swamp honeysuckle; white honeysuckle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

rhododendron (any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States

Synonyms:

Lonicera albiflora; white honeysuckle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

Holonyms ("white honeysuckle" is a member of...):

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

Credits