caprifoliaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of caprifoliaceous
1850–55; < New Latin Caprifoliace ( ae ) honeysuckle family ( Caprifoli ( um ) genus of honeysuckle ( Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin capri- capri- + folium leaf ) + New Latin -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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The unabridged Random House mentions only "caprifoliaceous: belonging to the Caprifoliaceae, a family of plants including the honeysuckle, elder, viburnum, snowberry, etc."
From Time Magazine Archive
The caprifoliaceous translations are better clues to Nabokov's whereabouts.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be said to resemble the family of the honeysuckle, or caprifoliaceous plants, one section of which has alternate leaves, and among which we find several cornel-trees, remarkable for their febrifuge properties.*
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
The rhizophora, the mistletoe, the cornel-tree, in short, all the plants which belong to the natural families of the lorantheous and the caprifoliaceous plants, have the same properties.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
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