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ˈhoney-flower
1. a. A flowering shrub of the Cape of Good Hope, of the genus Melianthus.
1712J. Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 421 Great Cape Honey-Flower. 1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 243 These Honey-flowers contain a great deal of sweet juice. 1882J. Smith Dict. Econ. Pl., Honey-flower,..a soft-wooded shrub..The flowers are of a dark brown colour.
b. An Australian flower, Lambertia formosa.
1802Barrington Hist. N.S. Wales iv. 101 They returned..dreadfully exhausted, having existed chiefly by sucking the wild honey-flower and shrubs. 1889J. H. Maiden Useful Native Pl. Austral. 37 ‘Honey-flower’ or ‘honey⁓suckle’. This plant is as well known to small boys about Sydney as to birds and insects. [Named] on account of the large quantity of a clear honey-like liquid the flowers contain.
c. A local name of the Bee Orchis.
1879Britten & Holland Plant-n., Honey-flower (Kent).
2. gen. A flower yielding honey.
1887J. Service Dr. Duguid vi. 36 All sorts of honey⁓flowers, marigolds, pansies, roses, clover. |