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Definition of Lonicera flava
1. Noun. Climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States.
Group relationships: Genus Lonicera, Lonicera
Generic synonyms: Honeysuckle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lonicera Flava
Literary usage of Lonicera flava
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"lonicera flava. FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM Honeysuckle. ... in their
clusters they are not nearly so attractive as those of lonicera flava. ..."
2. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1902)
"Lonicera Sullivantii, received at the station as lonicera flava, does very well
as a climbing shrub, reaching a height of six or eight feet. ..."
3. The Garden Book of California by Belle Sumner Angier (1906)
"lonicera flava is a native vine with large yellow blossoms. One cannot make a
mistake in having a number of varieties of honeysuckle. ..."
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