honey plant

Pronunciation

A tree bumblebee or new garden bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) perched on the flower of a small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata), a type of honey plant, in Keila, Estonia

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌni ˌplɑːnt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌni ˌplænt/
• Hyphenation: hon‧ey plant

Noun

honey plant (plural honey plants)

1. Any plant, all of them eudicots, from which bees usually collect nectar, pollen, or both for making honey.
   • 1872, Transactions of the North American Bee Keepers' Society:

     There was also another good honey plant that had lately come into notice in his section.

Further reading

• list of honey plants on Wikipedia.Wikipedia