honeysuck

honeysuck

/ And sweep against the roof. Wild honeysucks / Climb on the walls...


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  • honeysuck — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English honysouke, from Old English hunisūce, from huni , hunig honey + sūce (from sūcan to suck) more at honey, suck I now dialect : honeysuckle …   Useful english dictionary

  • honeysucks — noun Plural of honeysuck …   Wiktionary

  • honeysuckle — /ˈhʌnisʌkəl / (say huneesukuhl) noun 1. any of the upright or climbing shrubs constituting the genus Lonicera, some species of which are cultivated for their fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers. 2. any of various other fragrant or… …  

  • honeysuckle — [hun′ē suk΄əl] n. [ME honisocle, dim. (see LE) < OE hunigsuce (Brit dial. honeysuck) < hunig, HONEY + sucan, to SUCK] 1. any of a genus (Lonicera) of plants of the honeysuckle family, with small, fragrant flowers of red, yellow, or white 2 …   English World dictionary

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