Read full poem →With honeysuckle, over-sweet, festoon'd;
With bitter ivy bound;
Dictionary Entry
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.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. honeysucklerose honeysucklevines honeysucklevine honeysucklefamily honeysucklehoneysuckle wildhoneysuckle japanesehoneysuckle bush
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Poetry examples for “honeysuckle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →That visits the moist shaw,
The honeysuckle, 'sdaining to be crost
In urgence of sweet life by sleet or frost,
Read full poem →Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,--no,
Nor honeysuckle; thou art not more fair
Than small white single poppies,--I can bear
Read full poem →Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,--no,
Nor honeysuckle; thou art not more fair
Than small white single poppies,--I can bear
Read full poem →Had once a glimmering window overhung
With honeysuckle wet with evening dew.
Along the path tall dusky dahlias grew,
Read full poem →I had the swirl and ache
From sprays of honeysuckle
That when they're gathered shake