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Noun: yellow honeysuckle  'ye-low'hú-nee,sú-kul
  1. Climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States
    "The yellow honeysuckle's colour changed as the blooms matured";
    - Lonicera flava
     
  2. Twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America
    "Yellow honeysuckle vines decorated the old stone wall";
    - Lonicera dioica

Derived forms: yellow honeysuckles

Type of: honeysuckle

Part of: genus Lonicera, Lonicera

Encyclopedia: Yellow honeysuckle