Definitions for honeydew

honeydew hon·ey·dew

Spelling: [huhn-ee-doo, -dyoo]
IPA: /ˈhʌn iˌdu, -ˌdyu/

Honeydew is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in honeydew (deehnowy).

Definitions for honeydew

noun

  1. honeydew melon.
  2. the sweet material that exudes from the leaves of certain plants in hot weather.
  3. a sugary material secreted by aphids, leafhoppers, scale insects, psyllids, and other homopterous insects.

Origin of honeydew

First recorded in 1570-80; honey + dew

Examples for honeydew

A copious production of honeydew by plant lice, scale insects, etc., may be at the bottom of some of the rain-tree stories.

The honeydew of aphids very attractive to moths and roaches.

Although the honeydew does not come from the little tubes on the back of the plant-louse, yet those tubes have their uses.

Edward smoked his honeydew, and Mary looked at him with placid affection.

Yes, Mrs. honeydew—go and ask if they can't let me have De Vere.

It was to have been sweet as honeydew—and behold, it was nothing but bitterness!

Observations have shown that each individual plant-louse may produce from five to seven drops of honeydew in twenty-four hours.

honeydew: Ay, Jarvis; but what will fill their mouths in the meantime?

honeydew: But I am sure we were at a great deal of trouble in getting him to lend it.

Macheson produced his pipe, and his host a great tin of honeydew.

Word Value for honeydew
Scrable

18

Words with friends

17

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