Honeysuckle

/ˈhʌniːsʌkəl/ noun

A climbing vine plant with sweet-smelling tubular flowers that produce a sweet nectar you can suck from the flower.

From Old English, literally 'honey' + 'suck.' Early English speakers named it for the delightful experience of sucking the sweet nectar directly from the flowers.

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