wild honeysuckle

American  

noun

1. pinxter flower.

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Etymology

Origin of wild honeysuckle

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65

Example Sentences

Finding one, I’d stroll its winding streets, and I’d admire the houses set back in woods, with moths orbiting porch lights, the smell of wild honeysuckle, and the tic–tic–tic of midnight sprinklers.

From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017

The soft air came in from the open window beside them, breathing sweet clover and wild honeysuckle, and the meadowlarks sang their songs, and made it seem just like a little bit of heaven.

From The Enchanted Barn by Hill, Grace Livingston

Here might be seen the blue forget-me-not, the meadow-sweet, great branches of wild honeysuckle, dog-roses, and many other flowers too numerous to mention.

From A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls by Meade, L. T.

It was bordered on the right by a thickly interlaced hedge of blackberry bushes and wild honeysuckle, beyond which stood the orchard of the Metz farm.

From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Groce, Helen Mason

The wild honeysuckle is in bloom there; I noticed it riding to Charlottesville the other morning.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary