honeydew
Example Sentences
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Dan informed me that the shirt wasn’t green but honeydew.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 10 to 12 days, adults surface to feast for roughly 90 days on honeydew melon, decaying fruit, plant nectar and bird dung.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
Ants will protect aphids in order to feast on the sticky honeydew that they produce.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Where the bugs are thick, lanternfly honeydew can kill the forest’s understory by blanketing it in stickiness, which encourages the growth of sooty mold.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023
Each of his hands was covered by a plaster cast, and each cast was as large as a honeydew melon.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
