exudation

It grows in a fairly narrow equatorial band, takes almost a decade to reach maturity and requires daily scrapings of its exudations.

She tours their anatomy, reproduction and more, delivering a hail of facts with brio and precision — whether about the fungal gardens of leafcutter ants or the lac-bug exudations that, processed into shellac, coat violins.

The carts carried their bodies through the streets, finery stained with blood and the exudations of their scabbing.

Her sheets were fastened to her with her exudations.

Apparently, there exists such a thing as a "honey moon," which means that the moon looms especially large and looks as if it has been dipped in primo bee exudations.