FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does French honeysuckle mean? 

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

1. European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers

2. perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Centranthus ruber; French honeysuckle; red valerian

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

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

Centranthus; genus Centranthus (genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

French honeysuckle; Hedysarum coronarium; sulla

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum (genus of herbs of north temperate regions)