lonicera caprifolium

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   deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls

   SynonymsItalian honeysuckleItalian woodbine

   Broaderhoneysuckle

   Part ofLonicera

Questions about lonicera caprifolium

What does lonicera caprifolium mean?

lonicera caprifolium means "deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls".

What is another word for lonicera caprifolium?

Close synonyms include Italian honeysuckle, Italian woodbine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lonicera caprifolium a common word?

lonicera caprifolium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.