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What is the noun for dewdrop?

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dew
  1. (uncountable) moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning, resulting in drops.
  2. (countable, but see usage notes) an instance of such moisture settling on plants, etc.
  3. (uncountable) Any moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces.
  4. (figuratively) Anything that falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
  5. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigour.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The best time of day to cut is midmorning after the dew has dried but well before any flowers wilt.”
dewshine
  1. The shining of the dew.
  2. An often lethal drink, a mixture of Mountain Dew and racing fuel that is almost 100% methanol.
dewdrop
  1. A droplet of water formed as dew.
  2. (baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A slow pitch.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A dewdrop fell from the petal of a lone cowslip growing by the garden wall.”
      “But they are as ephemeral as a dewdrop and as illusionary as the pot of gold.”
      “Some reduction sauce from his noisy devouring of the asado steak sticks to his hoary beard and glistens like a dewdrop.”
dewretting
  1. The process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by outdoor exposure, to dew, rain, and sunshine.
dewiness
  1. The state or quality of being dewy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She is impudently vernal, like Hogarth's more plebeian Shrimp-Girl, and even more fluorescent in her dewiness.”
      “For the old and withered Nonna Rosa, he restores her youthful dewiness, awakening all the passion deadened by her long passionless marriage.”
      “She is impudently vernal, like Hogarth's more plebian Shrimp-Girl, and even more fluorescent in her dewiness.”
dewdrops
  1. plural of dewdrop
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As the cool morning air filled his lungs he took a deep breath and smelled the scent of early dewdrops covering the forest ground.”
      “Tiny dewdrops are falling like rain and its even biting in Dhaka where the temperature was around 11-14 degree Celsius.”
      “Monarch butterflies that winter in California's Pismo Beach, especially males that had a demanding day, search out dewdrops as a water source.”
dews
  1. (archaic or poetic) plural of dew
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Long periods of precipitation, sprinkler irrigation to protect plants from freezing, or heavy dews in the spring also favor the disease.”
      “It also allows for better air circulation to promote faster fern drying from rain and morning dews.”
      “The method of vintage is equally rare: concentrate on three or four afternoon to avoid dews of the morning!”
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