honeysuckle

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
  2. noun shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers
  3. noun columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers

Etymology

From Middle English honysokel, honisokel, honysocle, hunisuccle, perhaps an alteration of Middle English honysoke, honysouke (“honeysuckle”) (whence honeysuck), from Old English huniġsūce, huniġsūge (“honeysuckle”); equivalent to honey + suck + -le, or honeysuck + -le.

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