fly honeysuckle

noun

1

: any of several shrubs of the genus Lonicera: such as

a

: european fly honeysuckle

b

: a straggling shrub (L. canadensis) with leaf margins and petioles ciliate

called also American fly honeysuckle

c

: tartarian honeysuckle

2

: an African shrub (Halleria lucida) of the family Scrophulariaceae

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