Definition of "honeysuckle" noun countable and uncountable , plural honeysuckles
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family , many with sweet smelling , bell shaped flowers . quotations examples
Quotations There was nothing of that luxuriance of blossom which had hitherto clothed the wood , for there were no hawthorns ; but the bog -myrtle imparted its tender fragrance , and the caressing honeysuckle wound round many an ancient trunk , odours exhaling from every fairy -like tube —fit trumpets for the heralds of Titania .
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 56
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia quotations
Quotations Bothered by the conviction of making no impression on her , he pulled up at a strip of road shaded by tall spotted gums , blackbutt , and honeysuckle and produced a packet of cigarettes . "About time for a smoke -O ," he said , "Have a fag , Cora ."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 169