honey : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas
  Apis mellifera adansonii; Apis mellifera scutellata; Africanized bee; killer bee.
  

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• noun perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States
  Actinomeris alternifolia; yellow ironweed; Verbesina alternifolia; wingstem; golden ironweed.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest.

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• noun nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
  ratel; Mellivora capensis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the ratel.

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• noun arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
  Potos caudivolvulus; kinkajou; Potos flavus; potto.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Kinkajou.

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• noun African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
  Hermannia verticillata; Mahernia verticillata; honeybells.
  

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• noun tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
  Melicocca bijuga; genip; Spanish lime; Spanish lime tree; ginep; mamoncillo; Melicocca bijugatus.
  

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• noun rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom
  sticky bun; caramel bun; schnecken.
  

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• noun Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles
  Pernis apivorus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis. The European species is P. apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is P. ptilorhyncha. They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees. Called also bee hawk, bee kite.

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• noun a spicy cake partially sweetened with honey
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small, bright, colored, passerine birds of the family Coerebidæ, abundant in Central and South America.

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• noun a crisp candy made with honey
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ, abundant in Australia and Oceania; called also honeysucker.

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• noun Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
  honeysucker.
  

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• (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey.

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• noun a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
  Armillariella mellea; honey fungus.
  

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• noun a gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar
  nectary.
  

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• noun small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator.

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• the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. Dryden.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Honey buzzard (above).

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• noun tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World
  Gleditsia triacanthos.
  

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• (Bot.), a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds.

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• noun thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
  Prosopis glandulosa; honey mesquite.
  

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• . Same as Honeymoon.

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• noun a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
  Armillariella mellea; honey fungus.
  

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• noun street names for ketamine
  jet; K; super acid; green; super C; cat valium; special K.
  

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• noun a plant that furnishes nectar suitable for making honey
  

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• (Zoöl.), the ratel.

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Hon"ey-bag` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. Shak. Grew.

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• adjective satellite having the color of honey
  honey-colored.
  

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• adjective satellite having the color of honey
  honey-colored.
  

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• noun erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
  Lambertia formosa; mountain devil; honeyflower.
  
• noun Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
  honeyflower; Protea mellifera.
  

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Hon"ey-mouthed` adjective

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1. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

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• adjective satellite smelling of honey
  

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Hon"ey-sweet` adjective

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1. Sweet as honey. Chaucer.

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Hon"ey-tongued` adjective

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1. Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

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• noun inconsequential expressions of affection
  sweet nothings.
  
  • he whispered sweet nothings into her ear

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• a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather.

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• maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.

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• noun thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
  Prosopis glandulosa; honey mesquite.
  

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• honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like.

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