Lexic.us

Definition of Honeyflower

1. Noun. Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.

2. Noun. Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Honeyflower

honeycombing honeycomblike honeycombs honeycreeper honeycreepers honeydew honeydew list honeydew melon honeydew melons honeydews

honeyeater honeyeaters honeyed honeyed words honeyedly honeyflower (current term) honeyful honeyguide honeyguides honeying

honeyish honeyless honeylike honeylocust honeylocusts honeymaking honeymoon honeymoon period honeymooned honeymooner

Literary usage of Honeyflower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"Hawthorn, American, before Heaths. Cape .... honeyflower, great, Cape. Honeysuckle, Chinese, China Honeysuckle, fly. Cape . ..."

2. The Centennial Supplement to the Sydney Morning Herald: Together with by Sydney Morning Herald (1888)
"The "honeyflower" (Lambertia formosa) is so called because it bears a red flower full of honey. • "VVe have also a native currant ..."

3. The Centennial Supplement to the Sydney Morning Herald: Together with by Sydney Morning Herald (1888)
"The " honeyflower " (Lambertia formosa) is so called because it bears a red flower full of honey. ' We have also a native currant ..."

4. Stray Leaves from a Border Garden by Mary Pamela Ellis Milne-Home (1901)
"... and patches of Alyssum and bee-haunted Scillas, white honeyflower, lying in pink tufts along the border; and last, but not least, the dear little ..."

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