wild honeysuckle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wild honeysuckle
An Americanism dating back to 1755–65
Example Sentences
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Finding one, I’d stroll its winding streets, and I’d admire the houses set back in woods, with moths orbiting porch lights, the smell of wild honeysuckle, and the tic–tic–tic of midnight sprinklers.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
In the meantime Jack pulled out a lot of weeds and trained a wild honeysuckle over the porch.
From Randy of the River The Adventures of a Young Deckhand by Alger, Horatio
The wild honeysuckle is in bloom there; I noticed it riding to Charlottesville the other morning.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
Then his fear left him and he grew bolder, for he was very hungry, and he could smell the vegetables and the wild honeysuckle in the still night air.
From Canadian Fairy Tales by MacMillan, Cyrus
A bowl of violets and wild honeysuckle stood on the table, and some green branches hung about giving the room the odor of the new season and an air of rejoicing.
From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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