Also 6 caprifole, -foly. [ad. med.L. caprifolium ‘goat-leaf’ or honeysuckle; cf. It. caprifoglio, F. chèvrefeuille.] a. Old name for the Honeysuckle or Woodbine; b. English name for plants of the N.O. Caprifoliaceæ, including the honeysuckle.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, III. li. 391. Called … in Englishe Honysuckle, or Woodbine, and of some Caprifoyle.

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1596.  Spenser, F. Q., III. vi. 44. Eglantine and Caprifole emong.

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1597.  Gerard, Herbal, II. cccxxviii. 891. Called in English Honisuckle and Caprifoly.

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1678.  Phillips, Caprifoile.

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1849.  Johns, Forest Trees, II. 440. Caprifoils, Caprifoliaceæ.

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