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Honeydew vs Honeysuckle - What's the difference?

honeydew | honeysuckle |

As nouns the difference between honeydew and honeysuckle

is that honeydew is a sweet sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects while honeysuckle is 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.

As an adjective honeydew

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

honeydew

English

(wikipedia honeydew)

Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * (fruit) honeydew melon

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a light bluish green colour, like that of a honeydew melon.

    • Related terms

    * mildew

    See also

    *

    honeysuckle

    English

    (wikipedia honeysuckle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * * Italian honeysuckle

    See also

    * woodbine