caprifolium

Definitions

noun Woodbine or honeysuckle.
noun [capitalized] A section of the natural order Caprifoliaceæ, including the trumpet honeysuckle, the yellow honeysuckle, and the American woodbine.

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The flowering vineyards filled the air with rich scent, assisted by caprifolium blossoms in luxuriant growth, and a yellow flower the name of which I do not know.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Kuno Francke 1892
The leaves and bark of the L. caprifolium of Linn. are styptic and acrid; the flowers diuretic; the latter in decoction calm the pain of colic (coliques ou tranchées) following childbirth.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863
[2] _Lonicera caprifolium_, used by the girls of Patmos for garlands.

The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815