honeydew
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.
- A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.
- A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1.
- In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses).
- Ellipsis of honeydew melon (“a melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind”).
- Ellipsis of honeydew melon (“a melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind”): A light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
- Something that is enjoyable or pleasant.
Adjective
- Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
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