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honeydew
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth-skinned greenish-white melon with pale green flesh [syn: honeydew melon ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Honeydew is a sugar -rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap . When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem , the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the gut's terminal opening. Honeydew is particularly ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Ants often farm colonies of aphids on garden plants, feeding off their honeydew , while protecting the aphids from predators. ▪ Start with our Fresh Melon - a quarter of juicy honeydew melon, served with a twisted orange slice ...
Usage examples of honeydew.
Many of these predators feed on nectar and honeydew while in the adult stage, so plant flowers among the vegetables to give them something to eat.
Thousands on thousands of aphides (you might know them as blackfly or greenfly) sucked the sap from leaves and plant stems, excreting honeydew for ants and others to feed on.
There'll be tangerines too, and casaba melons, honeydews, filet of Dover sole, baked Alaska, and cockles and mussels.
He had eaten a good breakfast at his boarding house: a wedge of honeydew melon, an omelette fines herbes with saut‚.
The drink was either honeydew diluted with water or fermented fruit juice.
Even though he was nearly as bald as a honeydew melon, Roger had said something about the possibility of hair regeneration.
Judging from the dishes on the table, Gomez and Charisse had honeydew melon, scrambled eggs, and toast for breakfast.
The water smelled sweet as a freshly sliced honeydew melon, and his throat convulsed in a spasmodic swallowing reflex.
On Graice's plate two slender crescent moons of honeydew melon remain, one for Alan, one for Graice.
He had tied the cat to the straw chair and placed a perfect Spanish honeydew melon by Joe's feet to bring out the amazing colour of his eyes.
Then he made out tremendous yellow ear pendants, each like a quarter slice of honeydew melon.
Once in Ballroom C, he went down the row of steam tables loading his plate with eggs, bacon, and sausage, with the darkest toast in the pile, with slices of honeydew melon and tiny pastries, finally with a small croissant from a last pile at the end of the table.
Did she, in her secret heart of hearts, yearn to have the half of a grapefruit or a honeydew melon pushed into her face, or to have her jaw fractured by a man who jeered?
The game of German batball is played with a flabby ball the size of a big honeydew melon.
Can't you just see the jury cringe as I smash a honeydew melon on the defense attorney's table with a ten-pound block of ice?