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honeydew
[ huhn-ee-doo, -dyoo ]
noun
- the sweet material that exudes from the leaves of certain plants in hot weather.
- a sugary material secreted by aphids, leafhoppers, scale insects, psyllids, and other homopterous insects.
honeydew
/ ˈhʌnɪˌdjuː /
noun
- a sugary substance excreted by aphids and similar insects
- a similar substance exuded by certain plants
- short for honeydew melon
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Derived Forms
- ˈhoneyˌdewed, adjective
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- honey·dewed adjective
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Example Sentences
When the ants wish a dainty luncheon of honeydew they crawl up under the little shed and get a drink of this sweet juice.
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They found the old honeydew cherry-tree standing; but some of its long-armed branches were going to decay.
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The Aphides have the habit of discharging a sweet sticky substance called honeydew, of which ants are very fond.
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The chief cause, however, is mildew, the sign of whose presence is the honeydew on the oak leaves.
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And I smoked a pipe of pipes with some splendid old salts, and shared my Honeydew among them.
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