greenfly vs honeydew

greenfly

noun
  • Any of several kinds of common insects green in color 

  • Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth 

  • Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly 

  • especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid 

  • Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris) 

  • Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead 

honeydew

noun
  • A light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons. 

  • A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi. 

  • In full honeydew tobacco: a fine sort of tobacco moistened with a sweet substance (originally molasses). 

  • Something that is enjoyable or pleasant. 

  • A blackish mould (often called sooty mould) produced by fungi of the order Dothideales, feeding on the substance mentioned in sense 1. 

  • A sweet liquid substance resembling the substance mentioned in sense 1, such as honey, nectar, or manna in the Bible. 

adj
  • Of a light green colour, like the flesh of some honeydew melons. 

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