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单词 honeydew
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honeydew

noun

hon·​ey·​dew ˈhə-nē-ˌdü How to pronounce honeydew (audio)
-ˌdyü
1
: a saccharine deposit secreted on the leaves of plants usually by aphids or scale insects or sometimes by a fungus
2
: honeydew melon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web So now, wasps and yellowjackets and other unwanted picnic guests will be attracted to the raining honeydew. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 And if the vines survive, the grapes are tainted with the insect’s honeydew and can’t be used for winemaking. Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 As with the Sweet Agony, the Midsomer requires mixing your own ingredient: The honeydew shrub. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 Lately, his hands tend to be swathed in rubber gloves, sometimes balled into fists the size of honeydew melons, sometimes enhanced with 4-inch talons that would make Barbra Streisand envious. Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Black sooty mold fungus grows in the honeydew substrate. Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2022 When enough of them congregate high up in trees, their honeydew can drizzle down like sticky rain on innocent people below. Abigail Gruskin, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022 This one-pot gazpacho combines cool cucumbers with sweet honeydew for a totally vegan, totally delicious soup. Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2022 Honeydew naturally produces a type of oily surfactant, so a perfectly ripe honeydew should feel a little bit sticky. USA Today, 6 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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