honeydew

Everyday

1. A honeydew is a kind of melon with smooth pale skin and sweet pale-green flesh. tree →
2. Honeydew is a sweet sticky liquid made by insects such as aphids, which ants like to eat. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, honeydew melon is a fruit in fruit salads. In science lessons, aphids suck plant sap and give out honeydew; ants farm aphids and protect them to get it, an example of animals helping each other. Honeydew makes leaves and cars under trees sticky.

Examples

• We had honeydew melon for pudding. tree →
• Honeydew melons are pale green inside. tree →
• Ants drink the honeydew made by aphids. tree →
• The car under the tree was sticky with honeydew. tree →
• Bees sometimes collect honeydew to make honey. tree →
• Cut the honeydew into cubes. tree →

Note

One word. A honeydew or a honeydew melon. The insect honeydew is uncountable. It is not dew and not made by bees, though bees can collect it.