white honeysuckle
- noun
- /waɪt ˈhʌnɪsʌkəl/
- US
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madreselva blanca
- The white honeysuckle in her garden filled the air with a sweet fragrance every evening.
Examples
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They planted white honeysuckle along the fence to create a beautiful and aromatic border.
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In the southern states, white honeysuckle is a common sight in woodlands and backyards.
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The white honeysuckle blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many gardeners love white honeysuckles for their sweet scent.
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In the southern states, white honeysuckle is a common sight in woodlands and backyards.
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The white honeysuckle in her garden filled the air with a sweet fragrance every evening.
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They planted white honeysuckle along the fence to create a beautiful and aromatic border.
Synonyms
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A climbing plant that has sweet-smelling, tube-shaped flowers and is grown to decorate gardens
A bushy honeysuckle plant with twining branches and white flowers native to the southern United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a honeysuckle shrub with white or pale flowers' is directly and transparently derived from the adjective 'white' modifying 'honeysuckle' — a standard adjective + noun composition. This compositional pattern is common across languages and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
White honeysuckle is named for its pale flowers and the sweet juice they make. People used to suck the juice because it tastes like 'honey', so the plant was called honeysuckle and the word white simply points to its pale color.