mellification
English
Etymology
From Latin mellificare (“to make honey”). Compare French mellification. See mellific.
Noun
mellification (uncountable)
- The production of honey by honey bees.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mellification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Noun
mellification f (plural mellifications)
- mellification
Further reading
- “mellification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.