noun

honeysuckle

HUN-ee-suk-ul/ˈhʌnisʌkl/

A vine or shrub with fragrant, tube-shaped flowers.

The honeysuckle bears long, pale yellow flowers among paired leaves.

Botanical honeysuckle climbing vine with paired leaves and long cream-yellow tubular flowers.

Etymology

honeyOld Englishhoney

+suckOld Englishto suck

+leOld Frenchdiminutive

The name combines honey and suck with a diminutive ending: bees or people can suck sweet “honey” from the flowers. It named clover before being applied to the fragrant climbing vine.

In context

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I was pinning back the honeysuckle on the trellis near the garage

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More examples

We planted honeysuckle beside the fence to give it room to climb.
The scent of honeysuckle drifts through the open window.
Some honeysuckles lose their leaves in winter.

Forms

honeysuckle · honeysuckles

Similar words

woodbine: Another name for climbing honeysuckle, especially the European species.
vine: A broader term for plants with climbing or trailing stems.