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Definition of Honey bell
1. Noun. African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs.
Group relationships: Genus Hermannia, Hermannia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honey Bell
Literary usage of Honey bell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"Night- star, Honey-bell, and the Queen of the Kelpies, strive for their respective
objects, and all were present, with their attendant people, ..."
2. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1879)
"The moment Mrs. Leven had gone, Gabrielle hurried to take counsel of Lady Honey
bell. She plunged into the matter abruptly. ' Lady honey bell, how can I get ..."
3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Selections from Wordsworth by Curtis Hidden Page (1904)
"A honey-flower 's the honeysuckle, And the bee 's in the honey-bell. The honeysuckle
is sucked of honey, And the. bee is heavy and bonny. ..."
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