heritiera
- n small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
heritiera littoralis
- n small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath
heritiera macrophylla
- n large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath
heritor
- n a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
herm
- n a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
herman hollerith
- n United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929)
herman melville
- n United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)
herman northrop frye
- n Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991)
hermann
- n German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)