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In natural English speech, "honeydew" appears in contexts such as: "which I sometimes hushed in my arms sometimes dandled on my knee sometimes watched playing with daisies on a lawn or again dabbling its hands in running unseen while such honeydew fell such silence rained such gloaming gathered I". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈhʌniˌd(j)u/

Syllablesho·ney·dew

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which I sometimes hushed in my arms sometimes dandled on my knee sometimes watched playing with daisies on a lawn or again dabbling its hands in running

unseen while such honeydew fell such silence rained such gloaming gathered I

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noun

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.

“[T]here reſteth on the leaves of this tree a kinde of red thicke dew in the hotteſt time of Summer more then on any other tree round about it, which will be rather dry then bedewed at all, which honey dew being taken doth ſlake the thirſt wonderfully: […]”

Synonyms:melligo

noun

A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible.

“[F]reſh teares / Stood on her cheeks, as doth the honie devv, / Vpon a gathred Lillie almoſt vvithered.”

Synonyms:ambrosia

adjective

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

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