honeysuckle family

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

It grows on a small tree, of the honeysuckle family, in the woods and by the streams from Canada to Georgia and west as far as Missouri.

From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina

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

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen