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
"Perhaps we had better turn around now," suggested Winifred a few moments after they had gathered the wild honeysuckle.
From A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia by Curtis, Alice Turner
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
The wild honeysuckle was alive with quick whirrings of hummingbirds, and he hung his pocket-mirror from a twig and shaved with a woodsy chorus in his ears.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie
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