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Definition of Honeydew
1. Noun. The fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh.
Definition of Honeydew
1. 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.
Definition of Honeydew
1. Noun. A sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects. ¹
2. Noun. A sweet sticky substance produced by the leaves of some plants. ¹
3. Noun. A melon with sweet green flesh, with a smooth greenish-white exterior. ¹
4. Noun. A light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon. ¹
5. Adjective. Of a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Honeydew
1. a sweet fluid [n -S]
Medical Definition of Honeydew
1. 1. 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, especially. Aphids. 2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honeydew
Literary usage of Honeydew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt (1890)
"J. MASON, Clevedon Court Lodge, The colour of the flowers of this beautiful
climber are, as nearly as Somerset. Sept., 1896. honeydew. ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"WF Radclyffe, deny, or appear to deny, that honeydew is due to and has ...
In no instituée have I noticed honeydew without being able to find insects Fig. ..."
3. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"Under these conditions the leaves may be caused to produce honeydew when ...
When mellifluous plants are blooming abundantly, they pass the honeydew by ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman (1893)
"SUGAR VERSUS honeydew. — In 1875, and again in 1876, I had excellent opportunities
for observing the nightly attendance of moths ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"honeydew. A term applied to the sweetish secretion which under certain ...
Some kinds of manna are the dried honeydew or the saccharine exudations of ..."
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