- Caprifoliaceae
- nounshrubs 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 pluralUsage: capitalized: a large family of plants (order Rubiales) characterized by opposite usually exstipulate leaves and flowers with calyx tube adnate to the ovary* * *
Caprifoliāˈceae /-si-ē/ plural nounThe honeysuckle family or plants• • •Main Entry: ↑caprifole
Useful english dictionary. 2012.