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honey
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[ noun ] (food) a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Those are the nectaries or honey glands ( Fig. 26 , page 74 ) . The staminate willow catkins , then , provide their visitors with both nectar and pollen ; a marvelous arrangement , for it provides exactly what the bee queens need to make their beebread , a combination of honey and pollen with which the young of all species are fed . She also builds one or two waxen cups which she fills with honey . The queen afterward keeps incubating and guarding her eggs like a mother hen , taking a sip from_time_to_time from the rather liquid honey in her honey pots . The queen afterward keeps incubating and guarding her eggs like a mother hen , taking a sip from_time_to_time from the rather liquid honey in her honey pots . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)`` You do n't eat enough , honey . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The latter , thanking her for the coffee , had winked and muttered , `` Sure_'_nuff , honey '' . I'm honey only to my husband , understand '' ? |
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[ adjective ] (color) having the color of honey
Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)They come in crisp basket_weaves in natural honey hues , along with lacy open weaves with a lustre finish in natural , white , black and a whole range of colors . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 2688
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9956
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[ verb ] sweeten with honey
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