bush honeysuckle

/bʊʃ ˌhʌniˈsʌkəl/
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Other forms: bush honeysuckles

Definitions of bush honeysuckle
  1. noun
    bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers
    synonyms: Diervilla sessilifolia
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    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  2. noun
    spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers
    synonyms: Diervilla lonicera
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    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  3. noun
    a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia
    synonyms: Lonicera tatarica, Tartarian honeysuckle
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    type of:
    honeysuckle
    shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
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