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honey plants

honey plants is the plural of honey plant.

Meaning of honey plant

Noun

honey plant (plural honey plants)

  1. Any plant from which bees usually collect nectar, pollen, or both for making honey.
    • I have no doubt that where I live one thousand hives will provide for themselves and gather surplus honey wherever one can. It is not with honey plants, as with other pasturage, which once eaten off takes time and favoring showers to cause a new growth.1863 September 12, Ellen S. Tupper, “Essay on Bees—1st Premium”, in Tenth Report of the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, to the Governor of the State, for the Year 1863, Des Moines, Ia....
  2. A plant of the genus Hoya, especially the porcelainflower or waxplant (Hoya carnosa) from the tendency for excess nectar to drip from its flowers.
    • HOYA CORIACEA. Thick leaved Hoya. […] Those of our readers unacquainted with the genus will, perhaps, understand us better by saying, that this is a kind of honey plant, familiar to most persons, with its waxy white flowers, and often grown in windows. The Hoya coriacea appears to be a thicker...1839 May, “Notices of New Plants”, in Robert Marnock, editor, The Floricultural Magazine, and Miscellany of Gardening, volume III, number XXXVI, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., […]; Sheffield, South...
    Synonyms:
    hoya
  3. A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis).
    • Honey-plant [Melissa officinalis L[innaeus] [i.e., Carl Linnaeus] (family Lamiaceae)] contains a very low concentration of essential oil in leaves (0.02–0.2 vol%).2003, Stjepan Pepeljnjak, Ivan Kosalec, Zdenka Kalodera, Danica Kuštrak, “Natural Antimycotics from Croatian Plants”, in Mahendra Rai, Donatella Mares, editors, Plant-derived Antimycotics: Current...
    Synonyms:
    melissa
  4. Bishop's weed or false Queen Anne's lace (Ammi majus).
    • English name: Honey Plant […] Species and varieties: Ammi majus L. […]2004, Azhar Ali Farooqi, B. S. Sreeramu, “Medicinal Crops [Honey Plant]”, in Cultivation of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, revised edition, Hyderabad, Telangana, India: Universities Press (India)...

Forms of honey plants

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Questions about honey plants

What is honey plants the plural of?
Honey plants is the plural of honey plant.

Words near honey plants in the dictionary

  1. honey mushroom
  2. honey mushrooms
  3. honey mustard
  4. honey oil
  5. honey plant
  6. honey plants
  7. honey possum
  8. honey possums
  9. honey pot
  10. honey pot ant
  11. honey pot ants

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