honeydew
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.
Other meanings
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.
A kind of
- secretion
Related words
- canadew
- honeydewed
- honeydew list
- honey do list
- honeydew melon
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “honeydew” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.