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hesperis
  • n  biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers
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hesperis matronalis
  • n  long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
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hesperus
  • n  a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
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hess
  • n  English pianist (1890-1965)
  • n  Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
  • n  Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)
  • n  United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)
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hesse
  • n  Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)
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hessian fly
  • n  small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
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hestia
  • n  (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta
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heteranthera dubia
  • n  grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
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heterobasidiomycetes
  • n  category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts
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