BUSH HONEYSUCKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bush honeysuckle mean? 

• BUSH HONEYSUCKLE (noun)
  The noun BUSH HONEYSUCKLE has 3 senses:

1. a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia

2. bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers

3. spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers

  Familiarity information: BUSH HONEYSUCKLE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUSH HONEYSUCKLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bush honeysuckle; Lonicera tatarica; Tartarian honeysuckle

Hypernyms ("bush honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

Holonyms ("bush honeysuckle" is a member of...):

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bush honeysuckle; Diervilla sessilifolia

Hypernyms ("bush honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("bush honeysuckle" is a member of...):

Diervilla; genus Diervilla (small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bush honeysuckle; Diervilla lonicera

Hypernyms ("bush honeysuckle" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("bush honeysuckle" is a member of...):

Diervilla; genus Diervilla (small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles)