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honeydew(dictionary)
honeydew(dictionary)

honeydew (iou)



honeydew noun. L16.
[from HONEY noun + DEW noun.]
A sweet, sticky substance exuded by aphids, found on the leaves and stems of plants (orig. believed to be akin to dew). L16.
An ideally sweet or luscious substance; the nectar of flowers; honey. Now chiefly poet. E17.
A kind of tobacco sweetened with molasses. M19.
Comb.: honeydew melon a cultivated variety of the melon, Cucumis melo, with smooth ivory or pale yellow skin and sweet green flesh.