hairy vetch
- n European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
haematite
- n the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form
habakkuk
- n a Hebrew minor prophet
- n an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies
habanera
- n music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera
- n a Cuban dance in duple time
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
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
habenaria albiflora
- n bog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowers
habenaria bifolia
- n south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
habenaria chlorantha
- n south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
habenaria dilatata
- n orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems; of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America
habenaria elegans
- n slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers
habenaria fimbriata
- n North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers