yellow honeysuckle

1. 1.

   climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States

   SynonymsLonicera flava

   Broaderhoneysuckle

   Part ofLonicera
2. 2.

   twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America

   SynonymsLonicera dioica

   Broaderhoneysuckle

   Part ofLonicera

Questions about yellow honeysuckle

What does yellow honeysuckle mean?

yellow honeysuckle means "climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for yellow honeysuckle?

Close synonyms include Lonicera flava, Lonicera dioica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yellow honeysuckle a common word?

yellow honeysuckle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.