Agave vs. Honey — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Agave and Honey
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Agave
Agave (, UK also , Anglo-Hispanic: ) is a genus of monocots native to the hot and arid regions of the Americas, although some Agave species are also native to tropical areas of South America. The genus Agave (from the Ancient Greek αγαυή, agauê) is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves.
Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees and some related insects, such as stingless bees. Bees produce honey from the sugary secretions of plants (floral nectar) or from secretions of other insects (such as honeydew), by regurgitation, enzymatic activity, and water evaporation.
Agave
Any of numerous plants of the genus Agave, native to hot, dry regions of the Americas and having basal rosettes of tough, usually spiny-margined leaves. Agaves are grown for ornament, fiber, and food. Also called century plant.
Honey
A sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers.
Agave
A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.
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Honey
An excellent example of something
It's one honey of an adaptation
Agave
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceæ) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (Agave Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
Honey
A sweet yellowish or brownish viscid fluid produced by various bees from the nectar of flowers and used as food.
Agave
Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Honey
A similar substance made by certain other insects.
Honey
A sweet substance, such as nectar or syrup.
Honey
Sweetness; pleasantness
"The first few years could not have been all honey" (Nadine Gordimer).
Honey
(Informal) Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.
Honey
(Informal) Something remarkably fine
A honey of a car.
Honey
To sweeten with honey; add honey to.
Honey
To make pleasant or appealing
His words were honeyed as he spoke.
Honey
To give a yellow or golden color to.
Honey
(uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
The honey in the pot should last for years.
Honey
(countable) A variety of this substance.
Honey
(rare) Nectar.
Honey
(figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
Honey
A term of affection.
Honey, would you take out the trash?
Honey, I'm home.
Honey
A woman, especially an attractive one.
Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
Honey
A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
Honey
Involving or resembling honey.
Honey
Of a pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like most types of honey.
Honey
(transitive) To sweeten; to make agreeable.
Honey
(transitive) To add honey to.
Honey
(intransitive) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
Honey
(intransitive) To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Honey
A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
Honey
That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
The honey of his language.
Honey
Sweet one; - a term of endearment.
Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus.
Honey
To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.
Rough to common men,But honey at the whisper of a lord.
Honey
To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech?
Honey
A sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
Honey
A beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Honey
Sweeten with honey
Honey
Having the color of honey
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