caprifole

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/ˈkæpɹɪfoʊl/

noun

The woodbine or honeysuckle.

OriginLatin caper →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nouncaprifole (plural caprifoles)

plural caprifoles

  1. obsoleteThe woodbine or honeysuckle.

    With wanton yvie twine entrayled athwart, And Eglantine and Caprifole emong […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincaper“goat”
  2. Englishcaprifole

From Latin caper (“goat”) + folium (“leaf”).

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APA

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MLA

“caprifole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caprifole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caprifole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caprifole.

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