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
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
He held his court in an orchard, and under a great pine tree from which the wild honeysuckle hung like a fragrant canopy, the mighty king and emperor sat on a throne of gold.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
Into the heart of a wild honeysuckle a humming-bird whirred, delighting Peggy by its beauty, minuteness and ceaseless motion of its wings.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster
This is a wild Rhododendron and belongs to the same family as the wild honeysuckle that blossoms in the moist places in May.
From Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good by Douglas, Alan
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