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fly honeysuckle

American

noun

either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.

Etymology

Origin of fly honeysuckle

First recorded in 1810–20

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