honeysuckle

honeysuckle
noun
  1. a widely distributed climbing shrub with tubular flowers that are typically fragrant and of two colours or shades, opening in the evening for pollination by moths
    忍冬
  2. Genus Lonicera, family Caprifoliaceae (the honeysuckle family): many species, including the Eurasian common honeysuckle (L. periclymenum) and many cultivars. The honeysuckle family also includes such berry-bearing shrubs as guelder rose, elder, and snowberry
    忍冬属,忍冬科: 多种,包括欧亚大陆的著名忍冬(拉丁名L. periclymenum)和许多栽培变种。忍冬科还包括结浆果的灌木,如欧洲绣球,接骨木和雪果
语源
  1. Middle English honysoukil, extension of honysouke, from Old English hunigsūce (see honey, suck). It originally denoted tubular flowers, such as the red clover, which are sucked for their nectar
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