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# honeysuckle

noun (honeysuckle, honeysuckles)

«honeysuckle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A climbing plant with sweet-smelling yellow, white or pink tube-shaped flowers that contain sweet nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons honeysuckle is a climber that attracts bees, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds (in America) with its scent and nectar. Children sometimes suck the sweet nectar from the flowers. In poems and stories it is a symbol of summer evenings. Phrases: honeysuckle hedge, the scent of honeysuckle.

### Examples

- The honeysuckle smells sweetest in the evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#x1)
- Moths visit honeysuckle at night for nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#x2)
- Honeysuckle climbed all over the garden fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#x3)
- We tasted the tiny drop of nectar in a honeysuckle flower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#x4)
- Honeysuckle berries can be poisonous, so do not eat them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#x5)
- The hedge was covered in pink honeysuckle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#x6)
- Then there came to him the fragrance of thyme, followed by the more powerful scent of honeysuckle and violets; and he fancied he heard the note of the cuckoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/#x7)

### Note

One word: honey + suckle. Uncountable for the plant in general, countable for kinds (honeysuckles). Safety: the flowers' nectar is harmless, but the berries of many honeysuckles are poisonous.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «honeysuckle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeysuckle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honeysuckle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/honeysuckle.html) on Mova free.