How to Use honeydew in a Sentence

honeydew

noun
  • Sooty mold that grows on the honeydew, turns it black.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Most are large, black, and feed on live and dead insects and honeydew.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
  • Most are large, black, and feed on live and dead insects and honeydew.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Aphids leave a sticky substance called honeydew on leaves, which can lead to the growth of sooty mold.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Combine honeydew with cottage cheese and pecans to make the most of it.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 31 May 2018
  • To avoid the honeydew, the best thing is to prevent the insects in the first place.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2024
  • This will kill the insects, which will also knock out the moldy honeydew.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Within a few days, honeydew draws a black fungus called sooty mold.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
  • For good measure the aphids poop honeydew, bringing on the ants.
    — C.d. Wright, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
  • Sooty mold is the black residue that grows on the clear, sticky honeydew excreted by the scale.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The available honeydew is what draws the ants, not your tomatoes.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • The undersides of the leaves may also feel sticky due to the honeydew.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The sticky honeydew secretions can attract ants and wasps, as well as lead to sooty mold.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The sticky honeydew secretions can attract ants and wasps, as well as lead to sooty mold.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That will stop the ants from climbing the tree and harvesting the honeydew.
    — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The aphids feed on plant juices and excrete honeydew, a sugary substance that ants crave.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The aphids feed on plant juices and excrete honeydew, a sugary substance that ants crave.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
  • The honeydew can promote fungus growth that damages or kills the plant.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • At its peak, the flesh tastes sweeter than a honeydew and has a creamy texture with a light yellow hue.
    — Christian Reynoso, SFChronicle.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Ripe honeydew will feel fairly smooth and firm on the surface with a slight bit of softness at the stem end.
    — Paul Stephen Paul’s Cooking Tips, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2021
  • Don't park cars beneath it, because aphids feeding on the leaves drip sticky honeydew.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Slice the rind off of the honeydew melon and chop the flesh into 1/2-inch pieces.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram.com, 8 June 2017
  • Bees, however, lap up the honeydew and bring it back to their nest to process into honey.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Bright but golden yellow, this wine smells like briny honeydew served on a bed of gardenias.
    — Marissa A. Ross, Bon Appetit, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Slice up the honeydew and some fennel and introduce them to each other.
    — Carla Lalli Music, Bon Appetit, 21 June 2018
  • The water will knock off the tiny aphids and wash off the honeydew that attracts ants and allows fungus to grow.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 May 2026
  • Ants on tomato plants are usually drawn by honeydew from sap-feeding pests like aphids.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • That’s sooty mold, a fungus that gets started in the sticky honeydew residue left behind by aphids and scale insects.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • These square French tips pair honeydew green with yellow and fuchsia accents.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 1 June 2026
  • This fresh-hop pale ale is fruit-forward with notes of honeydew and cantaloupe, along with some spice and a solid yeasty maltiness.
    — Andre Meunier, oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2019

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