| 单词 | common honeysuckle |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon honeysuckle a. A climbing shrub, Lonicera periclymenum (family Caprifoliaceae), of European woodlands, having yellow or pink trumpet-shaped flowers with a sweet fragrance; more fully common honeysuckle; also called woodbine. Also (frequently with distinguishing word): any of numerous other climbing plants and shrubs of the genus Lonicera, of Eurasia and North America.coral, fly, trumpet honeysuckle, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > honeysuckle or woodbine honeysuckOE goat leafa1275 woodbinea1300 honeysucklea1400 suckle-bloom14.. bindc1440 goat's leaf1526 caprifoil1578 suckling1653 trumpet honeysuckle1731 white honeysuckle1731 dwarf honeysuckle1812 suckle1816 twinflower1836 fly-honeysuckle1861 linnaea1862 lonicera1863 swamp honeysuckle1958 a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 29 (MED) Caprifolium, oculus lucii, perichenon, mater siluana, uolubilis maior idem. Gallice frestefoil, ace. wodebynde uel honisocles. ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 126 Þe rote and þe leuis of þe reed honysokyl. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Cerinthe, an herbe called a honeysuckle. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 82 Wodbynde or Honysuckle..windeth it self about busshes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 41 So doth the woodbine, the sweete Honisuckle, Gently entwist. View more context for this quotation 1659 Maze 82 The faithfull Elme supports the fruitfull Vine, The Honey-suckle clinges the Eglantine. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo i, in Wks. (1721) III. 10 Sweet Honey-Suckles round the Branches twin'd. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Virginian scarlet honey-suckle, called the trumpet honey-suckle. 1835 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. I. 692/1 The common honeysuckle or woodbine has often been celebrated in poetry. 1892 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 252 Beautiful rose bushes and honeysuckle vines springing from the sands at Ocean Grove. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 100/2 He bought a pleasing assortment of ramblers, honeysuckles, spireas, etc. 1987 H. N. Mozingo Shrubs of Great Basin 246 Particularly abundant in the Lake Tahoe area, is the double honeysuckle, L. conjugalis. 2011 Observer Mag. (Nexis) 26 June 58 Honeysuckle, like roses and jasmine, is a plant that will weave romance into a garden. < as lemmas |
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