Meaning

noun shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera

noun shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers

noun columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers

originFrom Middle English honysokel, honisokel, honysocle, hunisuccle, perhaps an alteration of Middle English honysoke, honysouke (“honeysuckle”) (whence honeysuck), from Old English huniġsūce, huniġsūge (“honeysuckle”); equivalent to honey + suck + -le, or honeysuck + -le.

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