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lonicera

British  
/ lɒˈnɪsərə /

noun

  1. See honeysuckle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ideal for hedging, in pots or as a single specimen, is Lonicera nitida `Baggesen’s Gold’, with tiny yellow leaves crowding along the drooping branches.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022

It is interesting to note the speed with which Lonicera has spread.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2016

Among Honeysuckles, Lonicera japonica var. flexuosa is noteworthy for the fine red purple of its decaying leaves.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas

Some of the plants with voluble stems ascend other plants spirally east-south-west, as Humulus, Hop, Lonicera, Honey-suckle, Tamus, black Bryony, Helxine.

From The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Darwin, Erasmus

Corolla purple on the outside, glabrous within Honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium. 9b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

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