caprifole

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæpɹɪfoʊl/

Noun

caprifole (plural caprifoles)

1. (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

• perifocal