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lonicera (iou)



lonicera noun. L18.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Adam Lonicer (1528-86), German botanist.]
Any of various climbing shrubs of the genus Lonicera (family Caprifoliaceae), which includes the common honeysuckle, L. periclymenum; esp. a dense evergreen shrub, L. nitidum, much used as hedging.