caprifole

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkæpɹɪfoʊl/

Noun

caprifole (plural caprifoles)

(obsolete) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  With wanton yvie twine entrayled athwart,
  And Eglantine and Caprifole emong […]

References

“caprifole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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