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honeydew
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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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Honeydew may refer to: Honeydew (melon) , a cultivar group of melon Honeydew (secretion) , a sugar-rich sticky substance secreted by aphids, some scale insects and larvae and pupae of some Lepidoptera Honeydew, California , a town Honeydew, West Virginia ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sticky sweet substance found on trees and plants," 1570s, from honey (n.) + dew (n.); honeydew melon first recorded 1916, a cross between cantaloupe and a South African melon.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Honeydew \Hon"ey*dew`\, n. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids. ...
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?