trumpet honeysuckle

trumpet honeysuckle
an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within. Also called coral honeysuckle.
[1725-35, Amer.]

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  • trumpet honeysuckle — noun Date: circa 1731 a North American honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) with whorls of large coral red or orange flowers having a narrow trumpet shaped corolla …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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