honeydews

Sweet green melons

Honeydews is the plural of honeydew, a type of melon with smooth, pale green skin and sweet, light-colored flesh.

The word also refers to a sugary substance secreted by aphids and other sap-feeding insects, which ants harvest and bees sometimes collect: The leaves were sticky with honeydew.

melons

cantaloupe

Orange-fleshed melon variety

muskmelon · sprite · cantaloupes · watermelons · melon · rockmelon · winter melon

cultivation

vine

Trailing climbing plant

seeds · rind · flesh · orchard · farm · market · garden · organic · greenhouse · field

culinary

fruit salad

Mixed chopped produce dish

appetizer · dessert · juice · garnish · wedge · slice · breakfast · brunch · refreshing · chilled

Opposites
melon variety

honeydewscantaloupes

Netted-rind orange melons

watermelons · bitter melons · muskmelons

sweetness/flavor

honeydewsbitter melons

Warty gourd, intensely sharp

lemons · bitter gourds

Phrases
Family

honeydew

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G