WHITE HONEYSUCKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white honeysuckle mean? 

• WHITE HONEYSUCKLE (noun)
  The noun WHITE HONEYSUCKLE has 2 senses:

1. bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States

2. shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle

  Familiarity information: WHITE HONEYSUCKLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE HONEYSUCKLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lonicera albiflora; white honeysuckle

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

honeysuckle (shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera)

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

genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Rhododendron viscosum; swamp azalea; swamp honeysuckle; white honeysuckle

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

rhododendron (any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers)