honeydew Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh
    honeydew melon.

WordNet


Hon"ey*dew` noun
Definitions
  1. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.
  2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.

Webster 1913