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hairy vetch
  • n  European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
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haematite
  • n  the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
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haastia
  • n  genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep
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haastia pulvinaris
  • n  cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
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habakkuk
  • n  a Hebrew minor prophet
  • n  an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies
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habanera
  • n  music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera
  • n  a Cuban dance in duple time
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habeas corpus
  • n  a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
  • n  the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
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habenaria
  • n  chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis
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habenaria albiflora
  • n  bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
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habenaria bifolia
  • n  south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
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habenaria chlorantha
  • n  south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
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