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