hairy honeysuckle
noun
Definition of hairy honeysuckle
: a twining shrub (Lonicera hirsuta) of moist woodlands of the northern and eastern U.S. and adjacent Canada with dull dark green leaves that are sessile or short-petioled and pubescent on both surfaces and with crowded terminal spikes of orange or yellow flowers
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