Honeysuckle

/ˈhʌniːsʌkəl/ noun

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Kelly Says

The name is perfectly literal—children have been sucking the sweet nectar from honeysuckle flowers for over a thousand years, and the plant is named after that exact activity!

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