wild honeysuckle

American  

noun

1. pinxter flower.

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Etymology

Origin of wild honeysuckle

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65

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wild honeysuckle

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

Large white butterflies went past them, and a hummingbird whirred into the heart of a wild honeysuckle that had hasted to bloom.

From Audrey by Johnston, Mary

The soft air came in from the open window beside them, breathing sweet clover and wild honeysuckle, and the meadowlarks sang their songs, and made it seem just like a little bit of heaven.

From The Enchanted Barn by Hill, Grace Livingston

At other times he sowed seeds of the cucumber tree, chickory and "colliflower" and planted ivy and wild honeysuckle.

From George Washington: Farmer by Haworth, Paul Leland

It was bordered on the right by a thickly interlaced hedge of blackberry bushes and wild honeysuckle, beyond which stood the orchard of the Metz farm.

From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Groce, Helen Mason