Japanese honeysuckle

noun

: an Asiatic twining or trailing honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) that has half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers changing to yellow and that although planted originally for ornamental purposes has become a troublesome weed in some areas see hall's honeysuckle

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