: a white woolly perennial herb (Tidestromia oblongifolia) of the desert region of the U.S. forming broad flat mats and having stems and involucral bracts that often turn reddish with age and honey-scented yellow flowers
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English hony sweete, from Old English hunigswēte, from hunig honey + swēte sweet
Noun
honey-sweet
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of honey-sweet was before the 12th century