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honeysuckle

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for honeysuckle.

Editorial note

If the claim is that honeysuckle tea has an antiviral activity, there are probably more active ingredients besides these.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of honeysuckle gathered in one view.

noun

Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia

noun

Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)

noun

Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for honeysuckle.

Example sentences

1

If the claim is that honeysuckle tea has an antiviral activity, there are probably more active ingredients besides these.

2

You won't see swaths of honeysuckle or privet because it grows in the understory throughout the entire forest, choking out natives.

3

Here, we report that MIR2911, a honeysuckle (HS)-encoded atypical microRNA, directly targets IAVs with a broad spectrum.

4

For something fast growing / invasive like a Bradford pear, or a honeysuckle, you really need to get Glyphosate into the roots for it to die.

5

> ~0.1% of southern forestland), which is a fraction of worse invasives: Japanese honeysuckle (4.4%) and Asian privet (1.4%).

6

Where I live, it’s mostly a bunch of buckthorn, autumn olive, and honeysuckle.

7

Bee balm, honeysuckle, Texas lantana, beautyberry, and turk’s cap to name a few.

8

I guess I should stop ripping honeysuckle out of my garden then.

9

Similarly, birds love Asian honeysuckle in the U.

10

The idea being that because the honeysuckle still has its leaves, you can safely use glyphosate on it with minimal to no impact on the rest of the ecosystem.

11

It looks more like an invasive honeysuckle.

12

I guarantee you that if you've spent a meaningful portion of your life outdoors in the south you have seen Japanese Honeysuckle at the least, it is everywhere.

Quote examples

1

MIR2911 is highly stable in HS decoction, and continuous drinking or gavage feeding of HS decoction leads to a significant elevation of the MIR2911 level in mouse peripheral blood and lung." The paper does compare honeysuckle tea and synthetic microRNA, and they seem to be of roughly equal potency.

2

So many articles have a title like "Why x is y", and then start like "The cool evening air smelled of honeysuckle in <place that, initially, would seem to have nothing to do with x or y>", and are multiple pages long even though having a web page be more than one page long makes no sense.

Proper noun examples

1

The University of Newcastle is developing a new campus in nearby Honeysuckle, with the business school being the first to move.

2

Amur Honeysuckle, though its sort of more of a shrub.

3

Honeysuckle and blackberries, on the other hand...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use honeysuckle in a sentence?

If the claim is that honeysuckle tea has an antiviral activity, there are probably more active ingredients besides these.

What does honeysuckle mean?

Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia

What part of speech is honeysuckle?

honeysuckle is commonly used as noun.