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hollyhock
  • n  any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
  • n  any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers
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holm oak
  • n  hard wood of the holm oak tree
  • n  evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
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holm tree
  • n  evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
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holman hunt
  • n  Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
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holmes
  • n  a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
  • n  United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935)
  • n  United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)
  • n  English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965)
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holmium
  • n  a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
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holocanthus tricolor
  • n  gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil
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holocaust
  • n  an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
    a nuclear holocaust
  • n  the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945
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holocentrus
  • n  type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes
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holocentrus ascensionis
  • n  bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda
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holocentrus bullisi
  • n  a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico
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holocentrus coruscus
  • n  on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America
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holocephalan
  • n  fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail
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