Etymology

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Old English bēobrēad
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  1. Old English · derived frombēobrēad“honeycomb full of honey”
  2. English todaybeebread

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”).

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