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Beebread

//ˈbiːˌbɹɛd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. uncountable
  2. 2
    a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae wordnet

Etymology

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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