honey plant

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim 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 carnosa (Thick-leaved).—Foliage large, flowers in large drooping corymbs; they are of a pinkish-white colour, and contain, or rather yield, drops of pure sweet honey; hence this fine old plant is known as the Honey plant.”

3. isim 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%).”

4. isim Bishop's weed or false Queen Anne's lace (Ammi majus).

   “English name: Honey Plant […] Species and varieties: Ammi majus L. […]”