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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wood·bine n.  Bot. (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle.  (b) The Virginia creeper.  See Virginia creeper, under Virginia.  [Local, U. S.]
 Beatrice, who even now
 Is couched in the woodbine coverture.   --Shak.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hon·ey·suc·kle n.  Bot. One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.
 Note: ☞ The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus Lonicera; as, Lonicera Caprifolium, and Lonicera Japonica, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; Lonicera Periclymenum, the fragrant woodbine of England; Lonicera grata, the American woodbine, and Lonicera sempervirens, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle.  The European fly honeysuckle is Lonicera Xylosteum; the American, Lonicera ciliata. The American Pinxter flower (Azalea nudiflora) is often called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle.  The name Australian honeysuckle is applied to one or more trees of the genus Banksia. See French honeysuckle, under French.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Lonicera periclymenum
      n : European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and
          yellow-white flowers [syn: woodbine]