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royal jelly Definition

royal jelly

noun

a highly nutritious mixture secreted by the maxillary glands in young honeybee workers, fed to all larvae for the first few days and then fed to only those larvae chosen to be queens

royal jelly Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • fresh: Fresh royal jelly contains an anti­oxidant factor identified by professors Lukas & Townsend ( University of Guelph, Canada ).

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