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hon·ey·dew \ˈhənēˌd(y)ü, -niˌ-\ noun 1. : a saccharine deposit found on the leaves of many plants that is secreted usually by aphids or scales but sometimes by a fungus especially of the genus Claviceps 2. : something as sweet as honeydew or as honey < on honeydew hath fed, and drunk the milk of paradise — S.T.Coleridge > < a gentle honeydew of a southern girl — Raymond Walters b.1912 > 3. : a tobacco moistened with molasses 4. : a moderate orange that is redder and paler than Persian orange, redder and paler than ocher brown, and redder, stronger, and slightly darker than average apricot 5. : honeydew melon |