the glue-like substance with which bees fill up crevices, and fix the combs to the hives, propolis.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > propolis or bee-glue (5) bee-glue1598 the glue-like substance with which bees fill up crevices, and fix the combs to the hives, propolis. propolis1601 An aromatic reddish substance collected by honeybees from tree buds and bark, consisting of a mixture of tree resins, balsams, and waxes which… suburb dross1657 dross collected on the edge or outside of something; in quot. spec. with reference to propolis gathered on the sides of a beehive. hive-dross1658 bee-glue, propolis. glue1694 = bee-glue n. at bee, n.1 compounds 2: translating Latin gluten. Obsolete. |
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