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A sweet viscous liquid food, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from nectar collected from flowers. The nectar is ripened into honey by inversion of its sucrose sugar into fructose and glucose. It is somewhat acidic and has mild antiseptic properties, being sometimes used in the treatment of burns and lacerations.
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- West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with broad dorsal stripe black; - called also conquetoon.