2574: honeydew Dec 30, 2021

Though the name 'honeydew' applies to a melon, the term in its generic form is more literal description of an insect-secretion deposited on plants, which is sweet and sticky. This term is due to the supposed dew being believed to have fallen from the sky, and even being likened the Biblical manna or otherwise ambrosia. This was then associated with the flesh of the melon.