mellification

From Latin mellificare (“to make honey”). Compare French mellification. See mellific.

mellification (uncountable)

1. The production of honey by honey bees.
2. The preservation of something in honey.

• “mellification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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mellification f (plural mellifications)

1. mellification

• “mellification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.