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 Xy·los·te·in n.  Chem. A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species of honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.
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 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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 Lonicera xylosteum
      n : cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers
          and scarlet fruit [syn: European fly honeysuckle, European
          honeysuckle]