honeysuckle family

noun

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Sambucus, sam-bū′kus, n. a genus of gamopetalous trees and shrubs of the honeysuckle family—the elders.

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This belongs to the Honeysuckle family and grows abundantly beside roads and in fence corners.

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The honeysuckle family, which includes a multitude of ornamental shrubs, furnishes two genera with three representatives.

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