Honeydew Definition

hŭnē-do͝o, -dyo͝o
honeydews
noun
A sweet fluid, as manna, exuded from various plants.
Webster's New World
A sweet substance that is excreted by aphids and other juice-sucking homopteran plant insects, or secreted by certain fungi: often eaten by bees and ants.
Webster's New World

Honeydew melon.

Webster's New World

(countable) A melon with sweet green flesh, with a smooth greenish-white exterior, of cultivar group Cucumis melo Inodorus group.

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adjective

Of a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.

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Other Word Forms of Honeydew

Noun

Singular:
honeydew
Plural:
honeydews

Origin of Honeydew

Honeydew Sentence Examples

  • They live a gay life, flitting from flower to flower, sipping the drops of honeydew, without a thought for the morrow.

  • At the same time they secrete honeydew, leaving a sticky residue on plants.

  • Peel and cube half of your honeydew, and add it to the blender.

  • The ants are usually active between March and October and can be seen climbing trees where they collect honeydew produced by aphids.

  • The sticky honeydew excreted by the aphid makes hedge trimming a messy task.

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