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A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, …

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  1. n. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.
  2. n. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.
  3. n. the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh
  4. n. a sugar-rich sticky liquid, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap.
  5. 1. A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids. 2. A kind of tobacco moistened with molasses.
  6. n:100 n. the fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh