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from The Century Dictionary.
- A tribe of dicotyledonous gamopetalous plants, based on the genus Lonicera, belonging to the natural order Caprifoliaceæ, distinguished by having a tubular or campanulate corolla (often with an irregular limb), an elongated style with usually a capitate stigma, and the cells of the ovary with from one to an indefinite number of ovules. It includes 11 genera, which are almost entirely confined to the northern hemisphere.
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