honeysuckle

Everyday

A climbing plant with sweet-smelling yellow, white or pink tube-shaped flowers that contain sweet nectar. tree →

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 →
• Moths visit honeysuckle at night for nectar. tree →
• Honeysuckle climbed all over the garden fence. tree →
• We tasted the tiny drop of nectar in a honeysuckle flower. tree →
• Honeysuckle berries can be poisonous, so do not eat them. tree →
• The hedge was covered in pink honeysuckle. tree →
• 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 →

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.