caprifoliaceous

[kap-ruh-foh-lee-ey-shuhs]

adjective

1. belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, the honeysuckle family of plants.

caprifoliaceous

/ ˌkæprɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of N temperate shrubs, small trees, and climbers including honeysuckle, elder, and guelder-rose

Word History and Origins

Origin of caprifoliaceous¹

1850–55; < New Latin Caprifoliace ( ae ) honeysuckle family ( Caprifoli ( um ) genus of honeysuckle ( Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin capri- capri- + folium leaf ) + New Latin -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of caprifoliaceous¹

C19: from New Latin caprifoliāceae, from caprifolium type genus, from Medieval Latin: honeysuckle, from Latin caper goat + folium leaf

Example Sentences

The unabridged Random House mentions only "caprifoliaceous: belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of plants including the honeysuckle, elder, viburnum, snowberry, etc."

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The caprifoliaceous translations are better clues to Nabokov's whereabouts.

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The flora of the fir woods amounts to almost nothing, Colchicum straggles up now and then, this and a grass or Carex, a Caprifoliaceous shrub, and Cotoneaster of Tazeen, and Fragaria are the only forms. 

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The rhizophora, the mistletoe, the cornel-tree, in short, all the plants which belong to the natural families of the lorantheous and the caprifoliaceous plants, have the same properties.

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It may be said to resemble the family of the honeysuckle, or caprifoliaceous plants, one section of which has alternate leaves, and among which we find several cornel-trees, remarkable for their febrifuge properties.*

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