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yellow honeysuckle

yellow honeysuckle

5.5
A climbing bush with sweet-smelling yellow flowers often grown in gardens
  • noun
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  • We admired the clusters of fragrant flowers on the yellow honeysuckle during our hike in Georgia.

Examples

  • The yellow honeysuckle climbed up the garden fence, spreading its sweet scent in early summer.

  • The yellow honeysuckle blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • Many gardeners choose yellow honeysuckle for its vibrant color and ability to attract hummingbirds.

  • I planted a yellow honeysuckle in my garden last year.

  • In her garden, the yellow honeysuckle blooms beautifully during the spring months.

  • The yellow honeysuckle vine adds a delightful fragrance to the backyard as it climbs along the trellis.

  • Children love to smell the sweet scent of yellow honeysuckle while playing in the park.

Synonyms

honeysuckle
vsyellow honeysuckle
11 4.3

A climbing plant that has sweet-smelling, tube-shaped flowers and is grown to decorate gardens

is a specific garden shrub in that group with yellowish fragrant flowers
Lonicera flava
vsyellow honeysuckle
  • Specialized
9.9

A climbing shrub with sweet-smelling yellow flowers that turn orange called yellow honeysuckle

is the common garden name used for this same shrub

Surface Forms

yellow honeysuckle singular
yellow honeysuckles plural

Morphology

yellow + honeysuckle

The meaning is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'yellow' and 'honeysuckle' can readily infer it refers to a honeysuckle plant that is yellow in color. Color + noun combinations follow a standard, cross-linguistic modifier pattern and require no idiomatic knowledge, so the phrase is immediately comprehensible from its parts.

Etymology

Yellow honeysuckle comes from a simple image: people could 'suck' the sweet, honey-like juice from the plant's small flowers, so it was called honeysuckle. The word yellow just describes the flower color, so the name now means a climbing shrub with sweet-smelling yellow flowers.