beebread
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beebread
- /ˈbiːˌbɹɛd/ UK
Where it comes from
Probably 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”).
noun bee bread · bee-bread
- 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.
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noun bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions
| Español | pan de abeja |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 蜂花粉 fēnghuāfěn |
| Português | pão de abelha |
| Français | pain d'abeille |
| Deutsch | Bienenbrot, Perga |
| Italiano | polline d'api |
| Română | păstură |
| Русский | перга́ pergá, пчели́ный хлеб pčelínyj xleb |
| العربية | خُبْز النَحْل ḵubz an-naḥl |
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