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Caprifoliaceae

noun

shrubs and small trees and woody vines

• Syn: ↑family Caprifoliaceae, ↑honeysuckle family

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiales, ↑order Rubiales

• Member Meronyms:

↑genus Abelia, ↑Diervilla, ↑genus Diervilla, ↑Leycesteria, ↑genus Leycesteria, ↑Linnaea, ↑genus Linnaea, ↑Lonicera, ↑genus Lonicera, ↑Symphoricarpos, ↑genus Symphoricarpos, ↑snowberry, ↑common snowberry, ↑waxberry, ↑Symphoricarpos alba, ↑Sambucus, ↑genus Sambucus, ↑Triostium, ↑genus Triostium, ↑Viburnum, ↑genus Viburnum, ↑genus Weigela

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\\ˌkaprəˌfōl ˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Caprifolium, type genus + -aceae

: a large family of plants (order Rubiales) characterized by opposite usually exstipulate leaves and flowers with calyx tube adnate to the ovary

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Caprifoliāˈceae /-si-ē/ plural noun

The honeysuckle family or plants

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Main Entry: ↑caprifole

Useful english dictionary. 2012.