hymen
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~ a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
hymen
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~ (Greek mythology) the god of marriage
Hymenaea courbaril
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~ West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
Hymenaea
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~ genus of tropical American timber trees
Hymenanthera
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~ a genus of slender evergreen shrubs; grow in Australia and New Zealand
hymeneals
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~ the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
hymenium
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~ spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia
hymenogastrales
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~ an order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
Hymenomycetes
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~ used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi
Hymenophyllaceae
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~ terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
Hymenophyllum
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~ type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns
hymenopter
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~ insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
Hymenoptera
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~ an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
hymenopteran
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~ insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
hymenopteron
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~ insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
Hymenoxys grandiflora
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~ whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
Hymenoxys acaulis
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~ perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America
hymie
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~ (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
hymn
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~ a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)