caprifoil

plural caprifoils

1. obsoleteA plant of the family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle.

   In some respects they are near caprifoils, from which they are readily known, not only by their parasitical habit, but also by their stamens being opposite valvate lobes of a tubular calyx.

   1847, John Lindley, “Order CCCII. Loranthaceæ — Loranths”, in The Vegetable Kingdom; or, the Structure, Classification and Uses of Plants, page 789

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   Sunny, shrubby banks are fairly crowded with caprifoils, so easily known by their opposite leaves, monopeta lous more or less irregular flowers with the parts in fives, save style, and ovary blended with walls of the calyx-tube.

   1878, Japan Weekly Mail, page 295

   ...and if we descend to the criterion of stipular line, as is done to evidence the genuineness of some Rubiaceae, we need exclude no caprifoils except those of the genus Alseuosmia which have alternate leaves.

   1921, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club - Volume 48