Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/November 14

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Word of the day
for November 14
honeydew n
  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (by extension)
    1. (uncountable) A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.
    2. (uncountable) A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1.
    3. (uncountable, originally US) In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses).
    4. (countable) Short for 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”).
      1. (uncountable) A light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
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    5. (countable, figuratively) Something that is enjoyable or pleasant.

honeydew adj

  1. Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons.
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