beebread
Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by…Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae.
Bienenbrot, Perga
перга́pergá, пчели́ный хлебpčelínyj xleb
перга́perhá
a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
Translations
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Origin
Probably an Early Modern English combination of bee + bread, but compare the Old English bProbably an Early Modern English combination of bee + bread, but compare the Old English bēobrēad (“honeycomb full of honey”), and Middle English beoblæd (for beobræd?). Cognate with Old Saxon bībrōd (“honeycomb”, “gingerbread”, literally “bee-bread”).
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae:ambrosia
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable