Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The making or production of honey; honey-making.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The making or production of honey.

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  • noun The production of honey.

Etymologies

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Latin mellificare to make honey: compare French mellification. See mellific.

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Examples

  • Take mellification, for example: "It preserves tissue very well, and in fact has some particular uses and benefits for burn victims," Leon tells NPR's Liane Hansen.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Before the Macedonian conqueror passed away, he left detailed funeral instructions, including - among other things - that he be embalmed in honey through a process known as "mellification."

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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