different between honeydew vs honeysuckle

English

Etymology

honey +? dew

Pronunciation

Noun

honeydew (countable and uncountable, plural honeydews)

1. A sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects.
2. A sweet sticky substance produced by the leaves of some plants.
3. (countable) A melon with sweet green flesh, with a smooth greenish-white exterior, of cultivar group Cucumis melo Inodorus group.
4. A light bluish-green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.

5. A fine sort of tobacco moistened with molasses.

Synonyms

• (fruit): honeydew melon

Translations

Adjective

honeydew (comparative more honeydew, superlative most honeydew)

1. Of a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.

Related terms

• mildew

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

• “honeydew”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From Middle English honysokel, honisokel, honysocle, hunisuccle, perhaps an alteration of Middle English honysoke, honysouke (“honeysuckle”) (whence honeysuck), from Old English huni?s?ce, huni?s?ge (“honeysuckle”); equivalent to honey +? suck +? -le, or honeysuck +? -le.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?n?s?k(?)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?ni?s?k?l/

Noun

honeysuckle (countable and uncountable, plural honeysuckles)

1. Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
2. Any of several species of similar plants from Australia
   1. Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
   2. Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
   3. Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
   4. Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
   5. Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• woodbine