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Hesperid
(gcide) | Hesperid \Hes"per*id\, a. & n. (Zool.)
Same as 3d Hesperian.
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hesperides
(encz) | Hesperides, |
hesperidium
(encz) | hesperidium,hesperidium n: [bot.] typ plodu Jirka Daněk |
hesperidium
(czen) | hesperidium,hesperidiumn: [bot.] typ plodu Jirka Daněk |
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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coccus hesperidum
(wn) | Coccus hesperidum
n 1: pest on citrus trees [syn: brown soft scale, {Coccus
hesperidum}] |
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] |
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