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hesper
(encz) | Hesper,večernice n: Hanuš Vavrčík (hank zavináč quick tečka cz) |
Hesper
(gcide) | Hesper \Hes"per\, n. [See Hesperian.]
The evening; Hesperus.
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hesperian
(mass) | hesperian
- západný |
hesper
(encz) | Hesper,večernice n: Hanuš Vavrčík (hank zavináč quick tečka cz) |
hesperian
(encz) | hesperian,hesperský adj: Hanuš Vavrčík (hank zavináč quick tečka cz)hesperian,západní adj: Hanuš Vavrčík (hank zavináč quick tečka cz) |
hesperides
(encz) | Hesperides, |
hesperidium
(encz) | hesperidium,hesperidium n: [bot.] typ plodu Jirka Daněk |
hesperis
(encz) | Hesperis, |
hesperus
(encz) | Hesperus,večernice n: Hanuš Vavrčík (hank zavináč quick tečka cz) |
hesperidium
(czen) | hesperidium,hesperidiumn: [bot.] typ plodu Jirka Daněk |
hesperský
(czen) | hesperský,hesperianadj: Hanuš Vavrčík (hank zavináč quick tečka cz) |
Hesperetin
(gcide) | Hesperetin \Hes*per"e*tin\, n. (Chem.)
A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste,
obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as
a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
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Hesperian
(gcide) | Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, a. [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the
evening star, Gr. ? evening, ? ? the evening star. Cf.
Vesper.]
Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, n.
A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] --J.
Barlow.
[1913 Webster]Hesperian \Hes*pe"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called
Hesperid[ae], or skippers. -- n. Any one of the numerous
species of Hesperidae; a skipper.
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Hesperid
(gcide) | Hesperid \Hes"per*id\, a. & n. (Zool.)
Same as 3d Hesperian.
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Hesperidene
(gcide) | Hesperidene \Hes*per"i*dene\, n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.)
An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
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Hesperides
(gcide) | Hesperides \Hes*per"i*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night
(brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden
producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western
extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon
and get some of these apples was one of the labors of
Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
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2. The garden producing the golden apples.
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It not love a Hercules,
Still climbing trees in the Hesperides? --Shak.
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Hesperidin
(gcide) | Hesperidin \Hes*per"i*din\, n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.)
A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange),
and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
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Hesperidium
(gcide) | Hesperidium \Hes`pe*rid"i*um\, n. [NL. So called in allusion to
the golden apples of the Hesperides. See Hesperides.]
(Bot.)
A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
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Hesperis matronalis
(gcide) | Damewort \Dame"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for
its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; --
called also rocket and dame's violet. --Loudon.
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Hesperomys eremicus
(gcide) | Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.]
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
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He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
--Luke ix. 10.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.
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Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
unproductive place.
Desert hare (Zool.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var.
Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United
States.
Desert mouse (Zool.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
eremicus}), living in the Western deserts.
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Hesperomys gossypinus
(gcide) | Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[o^]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the
cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]
1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber
sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
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2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
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3. Cloth made of cotton.
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Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
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Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2.
Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it
is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel.
Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
invented by Eli Whitney.
Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the
Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate
at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.
Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys
gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops.
Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of
several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally
Asiatic, is Gossypium herbaceum.
Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
press for baling cotton.
Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago),
covered with a white substance resembling cotton.
Cotton scale (Zool.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria
innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton
plant.
Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant.
Cotton stainer (Zool.), a species of hemipterous insect
(Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing
cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.
Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under
Thistle.
Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
wholly of cotton.
Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.
Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.
Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia
argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage
to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on
corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
Southern army worm.
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Hesperomys leucopus
(gcide) | Mouse \Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl. Mice (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus,
AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. &
Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr.
my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf.
Muscle, Musk.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of
the family Muridae. The common house mouse ({Mus
musculus}) is found in nearly all countries. The American
white-footed mouse, or deer mouse ({Peromyscus
leucopus}, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives
in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow,
and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to
prevent a running eye from slipping.
(b) Same as 2d Mousing, 2.
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3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.
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4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]
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5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
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Field mouse, Flying mouse, etc. See under Field,
Flying, etc.
Mouse bird (Zool.), a coly.
Mouse deer (Zool.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.
Mouse galago (Zool.), a very small West American galago
(Galago murinus). In color and size it resembles a
mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.
Mouse hawk. (Zool.)
(a) A hawk that devours mice.
(b) The hawk owl; -- called also mouse owl.
Mouse lemur (Zool.), any one of several species of very
small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in
Madagascar.
Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part
next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;
-- called also mouse buttock.
[1913 Webster]Deer \Deer\ (d[=e]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal,
wild animal, AS. de['o]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G.
thier, tier, Icel. d[=y]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of
unknown origin. [root]71.]
1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Mice and rats, and such small deer. --Shak.
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The camel, that great deer. --Lindisfarne
MS.
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2. (Zool.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species,
and of related genera of the family Cervid[ae]. The
males, and in some species the females, have solid
antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually.
Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called
venison.
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Note: The deer hunted in England is Cervus elaphus, called
also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is {Cervus
dama}; the common American deer is {Cervus
Virginianus}; the blacktailed deer of Western North
America is Cervus Columbianus; and the mule deer of
the same region is Cervus macrotis. See Axis,
Fallow deer, Mule deer, Reindeer.
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Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.
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Deer mouse (Zool.), the white-footed mouse ({Peromyscus
leucopus}, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) of America.
Small deer, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used
metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the
first definition, above.) "Minor critics . . . can find
leisure for the chase of such small deer." --G. P. Marsh.
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Hesperornis
(gcide) | Hesperornis \Hes`pe*ror"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? western + ?, ?,
a bird.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous
deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had
teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches.
Several species are known. See Illust. in Append.
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Hesperus
(gcide) | Venus \Ve"nus\ (v[=e]"n[u^]s), n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess
of love, the planet Venus.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is,
beauty or love deified.
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2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the
sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of
the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about
67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its
sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was
called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star,
Hesperus.
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3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from
the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror
being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.
[Archaic]
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of
these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful
frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored.
Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog,
are valued for food.
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Venus's basin (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because
the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for
water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet.
Also called Venus's bath.
Venus's basket (Zool.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped,
hexactinellid sponge (Euplectella speciosa) native of
the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent,
siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to
form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent
anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands
erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called
also Venus's flower basket, and Venus's purse.
Venus's comb.
(a) (Bot.) Same as Lady's comb.
(b) (Zool.) A species of Murex (Murex tenuispinus). It
has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender
spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar
spines covering the body of the shell. Called also
Venus's shell.
Venus's fan (Zool.), a common reticulated, fanshaped
gorgonia (Gorgonia flabellum) native of Florida and the
West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or
a mixture of the two.
Venus's flytrap. (Bot.) See Flytrap, 2.
Venus's girdle (Zool.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very
delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum
Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to
the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust.
in Appendix.
Venus's hair (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern
(Adiantum Capillus-Veneris) having a slender, black and
shining stem and branches.
Venus's hair stone (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular
crystals of rutile.
Venus's looking-glass (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus
Specularia allied to the bellflower; -- also called
lady's looking-glass.
Venus's navelwort (Bot.), any one of several species of
Omphalodes, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or
white flowers.
Venus's pride (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See
under Quaker.
Venus's purse. (Zool.) Same as Venus's basket, above.
Venus's shell. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of Cypraea; a cowrie.
(b) Same as Venus's comb, above.
(c) Same as Venus, 4.
Venus's slipper.
(a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Cypripedium. See
Lady's slipper.
(b) (Zool.) Any heteropod shell of the genus Carinaria.
See Carinaria.
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[1913 Webster]Hesperus \Hes"pe*rus\, n. [L. See Hesper.]
1. Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.
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2. Evening. [Poetic]
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The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star
Of Hesperus. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Evening \E"ven*ing\, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See even, n., and cf.
Eve.]
1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of
darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of
the sun.
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In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose.
--Milton.
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Note: Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the
United States, the afternoon is called evening.
--Bartlett.
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2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as
of strength or glory.
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Note: Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening
Prayer." --Shak.
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Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants
(Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with
sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which
expand in the evening.
Evening grosbeak (Zo["o]l.), an American singing bird
(Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill.
Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail
black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called
because it sings in the evening.
Evening primrose. See under Primrose.
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the
western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically,
the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus.
During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are
also evening stars. See Morning Star.
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coccus hesperidum
(wn) | Coccus hesperidum
n 1: pest on citrus trees [syn: brown soft scale, {Coccus
hesperidum}] |
genus hesperiphona
(wn) | genus Hesperiphona
n 1: evening grosbeak [syn: Hesperiphona, {genus
Hesperiphona}] |
genus hesperis
(wn) | genus Hesperis
n 1: biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally
fragrant flowers [syn: Hesperis, genus Hesperis] |
hesperian
(wn) | Hesperian
adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the
western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian
culture" [syn: occidental, Hesperian] |
hesperides
(wn) | Hesperides
n 1: (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the
golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
[syn: Hesperides, Atlantides] |
hesperiphona
(wn) | Hesperiphona
n 1: evening grosbeak [syn: Hesperiphona, {genus
Hesperiphona}] |
hesperiphona vespertina
(wn) | Hesperiphona vespertina
n 1: North American grosbeak [syn: evening grosbeak,
Hesperiphona vespertina] |
hesperis
(wn) | Hesperis
n 1: biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally
fragrant flowers [syn: Hesperis, genus Hesperis] |
hesperis matronalis
(wn) | Hesperis matronalis
n 1: long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more
pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to
Siberia and into North America [syn: damask violet,
Dame's violet, sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis] |
hesperus
(wn) | Hesperus
n 1: a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
[syn: evening star, Hesperus, Vesper] |
spipistrellus hesperus
(wn) | SPipistrellus hesperus
n 1: of western North America [syn: western pipistrel,
SPipistrellus hesperus] |
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