Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of three eastern North American shrubs of the genus Diervilla, having opposite, deciduous leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- noun Any of several shrubby honeysuckle plants of the genus Lonicera, especially certain Eurasian species that have become naturalized in North America, such as L. maackii and L. tatarica.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers
- noun spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers
- noun a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia
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Every house in our neighborhood has them, along with Japanese privet, bush honeysuckle, bittersweet, the list goes on and on.
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