hairy honeysuckle
- noun
- /ˈhɛri ˈhʌnɪsʌkəl/
- Specialized
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madreselva peluda
- We identified the shrub as hairy honeysuckle by its distinctive yellow-orange blooms.
Examples
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The garden was filled with fragrant hairy honeysuckle climbing along the fence.
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Many birds are attracted to hairy honeysuckle when it flowers in early summer.
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The hairy honeysuckle blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many gardeners love the hairy honeysuckle for its fragrant flowers.
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Many birds are attracted to hairy honeysuckle when it flowers in early summer.
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The garden was filled with fragrant hairy honeysuckle climbing along the fence.
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We identified the shrub as hairy honeysuckle by its distinctive yellow-orange blooms.
Synonyms
A type of honeysuckle bush with hairy leaves and yellow-orange flowers that grows in northeastern North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward adjective+noun combination where 'hairy' describes a physical property of the 'honeysuckle', so the meaning (a honeysuckle with hairs) is directly derivable from the constituents. This descriptive, compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English adjective-noun formation, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Hairy honeysuckle gets its name from how the plant looks: hairy because its leaves and stems are a little fuzzy, and honeysuckle because its tube-shaped flowers give a sweet 'honey'-like juice that birds and people sip, so the name describes a climbing shrub with fuzzy leaves and sweet flowers.
