honeysuckle
pronunciation
How to pronounce honeysuckle in British English:
UK [ˈhʌnisʌkl]
How to pronounce honeysuckle in American English:
US [ˈhʌniˌsʌkəl]
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- Noun:
- shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
- shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers
- columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers
Word Origin
- honeysuckle (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old English hunigsuge, meaning perhaps honeysuckle, clover, or privet, literally "honey-suck" (see honey (n.) + suck) + diminutive suffix -el (2). So called because "honey" can be sucked from it. In Middle English sometimes a confused rendering of Latin locusta, taken as the name of a plant.
Example
- 1. The garden was overgrown with bramble and honeysuckle .
- 2. The honeysuckle has a twining habit .
- 3. In the past 250 years , various forms of honeysuckle have been introduced to the northeastern states .
- 4. Akulina had used the gospels to teach her children to read and write , using sharpened birch sticks dipped into honeysuckle juice as pen and ink .
- 5. The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch , and fell on my upturned face .