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Honeydew   Listen
noun
Honeydew  n.  
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, esp. aphids.
2.
A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.
3.
A honeydew melon.





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"Honeydew" Quotes from Famous Books



... been his birthday. She had sent him, per John Tow, a costly gift. The four-ounce packet of honeydew, cheap at five dollars in these days of scarcity, had been opened, and the new pipe filled. A slip of paper coquettishly intimated that the sender had rendered the recipient this delicate little service. She meant to sign "Jane Harris," but her courage ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves


Words linked to "Honeydew" :   winter melon


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