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HONEYBELLS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does honeybells mean? 

HONEYBELLS (noun)
  The noun HONEYBELLS has 1 sense:

1. African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairsplay

  Familiarity information: HONEYBELLS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HONEYBELLS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hermannia verticillata; honey bell; honeybells; Mahernia verticillata

Hypernyms ("honeybells" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("honeybells" is a member of...):

genus Hermannia; Hermannia (genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers)


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