| 词汇 | honeysuckle |
| 词源 | honeysuckle. This plant was named in error in ancient times, when it was thought erroneously that bees extracted honey from the plant. The name is applied to several other plants but mainly to the more than 180 species of woody vines and shrubs belonging to the Lonicera genus, named for 16th- century German botanist Adam Lonitzer. |
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