wild honeysuckle

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65

He smelled the fragrance of wild honeysuckle, the sharp, sweet smells blown out of the forest that drowsed in the summer heat.

“I think,” replied Annie, “that it is wild honeysuckle,” and her voice trembled slightly.

The scent of wild honeysuckle and cluster roses came from the hedgerows.

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

With great glee the girls led the Busters to the steep bank by the waterside, over which a great curtain of wild honeysuckle hung.

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