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Beebread

Bee′breadˊ

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Noun.
A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

Definition 2024

beebread

beebread

English

Noun

beebread ‎(uncountable)

  1. A mixture of nectar and pollen made by worker bees and used as food for larvae

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Etymology

From Middle English *bee-breed, from Old English bēobrēad ‎(“beebread, honey”), equivalent to bee +‎ bread.

Cognate with Old Saxon bībrōd ‎(“honeycomb; gingerbread”, literally “bee-bread”).

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