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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

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

Lonicera brachypoda revolved, in a reversed direction to the Ipomoea, in 8 hrs.; the semicircle from the light taking 5 hrs.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

In Lonicera brachypoda the hook only straightens itself periodically, and never becomes reversed.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

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