ETYM Cf. AS. hunisige privet. Related to Honey, and Suck.
1. Shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera.
2. Shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers; SYN. Ausralian honeysuckle, coast banksia, Banksia integrifolia.
Vine or shrub of the genus Lonicera, family Caprifoliaceae. The common honeysuckle or woodbine L. periclymenum of Europe is a climbing plant with sweet-scented flowers, reddish and yellow-tinted outside and creamy white inside; it now grows in the NE US.
The North American trumpet honeysuckle L. sempervirens has unusual vaselike flowers and includes scarlet and yellow varieties.
ETYM AS. wudubind black ivy; -- so named as binding about trees. Related to Wood, and Bind.
European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers; SYN. Lonicera periclymenum.