Definition of Fly honeysuckle
1. Noun. Erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Lonicera, Lonicera
Generic synonyms: Honeysuckle
Specialized synonyms: Swamp Fly Honeysuckle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly Honeysuckle
Literary usage of Fly honeysuckle
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1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"fly honeysuckle. Lonicera coerulea L. Mountain Fly-Honeysuckle. ... Swamp Fly-Honeysuckle. ,Malus coronaria (L.) Mill. American Crab Apple. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The fly honeysuckle, L. Xylos- teum, a hardy shrub of dwarfish, erect habit, ... The wood of the fly honeysuckle is extremely hard, and the clear portions ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... Maine and Vermont to southern New York, New Jersey and Kentucky. May. Native of Asia. Garden fly- honeysuckle. 14. ... Fly-Honeysuckle. Fig. 3992. ..."