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Japanese honeysuckle

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noun

  1. a climbing honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica, introduced into the eastern U.S. from Asia, having fragrant, white flowers that fade to yellow.


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Orchard Hills’ zone is filled with prickly pear cacti, Japanese honeysuckle and Formosa firethorn.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Japanese honeysuckle and Asian privet, for context, cover 10.3 million and 3.2 million acres, respectively.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2021

Today, Japanese honeysuckle can be found throughout the Northeast, and except in cases where very rare plants or woodlands are threatened and eradication may still be warranted, we must learn to accept the inevitable.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2016

Anyone who has ventured into a New York City woodland in early summer has probably experienced the intoxicating scent of Japanese honeysuckle.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2016

In the South, Japanese honeysuckle and Cherokee rose perform this function extensively.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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