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honeybells

honeybells

9.9
A shrub from Africa with low stems and thin yellow flowers that smell like honey
  • noun
  • South African
translation icon : campanas de miel
  • She planted honeybells along the walkway for their beautiful yellow blooms.

Examples

  • The vibrant honeybells filled the garden with a sweet fragrance.

  • Botanists were fascinated by the delicate flowers of the honeybells shrub.

  • The honeybells bloomed beautifully in the spring.

  • Look at those honeybells growing near the path!

  • The vibrant honeybells filled the garden with a sweet fragrance.

  • She planted honeybells along the walkway for their beautiful yellow blooms.

  • Botanists were fascinated by the delicate flowers of the honeybells shrub.

Synonyms

honey bell
vshoneybells
  • South African
9.9

A small African shrub with long hanging stems and yellow flowers that smell sweet

is written as a single word rather than two words
Mahernia verticillata
vshoneybells
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bush with trailing stems and thin yellow flowers that smell like honey

uses the other spelling for the scientific name
Hermannia verticillata
vshoneybells
  • Specialized
9.9

A small African shrub with trailing stems and small yellow flowers that smell like honey

uses the alternate spelling variant for the scientific name

Surface Forms

honeybells singular
honeybells plural

Morphology

honeybells = honeybell (transparent) = honey + bell + s

The compound 'honeybell' is directly interpretable as 'honey' + 'bell' (bell-shaped, honey-scented flowers), and the plural '-s' is a regular noun plural.

Etymology

The name honeybells comes from the English words honey ('sweet, like honey') and bell ('bell shape'). So the African shrub is called that because its small yellow flowers smell sweet and hang like little bells.