haricot vert
— Noun
– English
~ very small and slender green bean
Hydrilla verticillata
— Noun
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~ submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
Hermannia verticillata
— Noun
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~ African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
haricots verts
— Noun
– English
~ very small and slender green bean
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
— Noun
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~ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966)
Hendrik Verwoerd
— Noun
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~ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966)
hairy vetch
— Noun
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~ European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
horseshoe vetch
— Noun
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~ European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
Henry VI
— Noun
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~ son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461; he was taken prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king; he was rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured and murdered in the Tower of London (1421-1471)
Honore-Gabriel Victor Riqueti
— Noun
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~ French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791)
hybrid vigor
— Noun
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~ (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent
Henry VII
— Noun
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~ King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)
Henry VII
— Noun
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~ first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)
Henry VIII
— Noun
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~ son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547)
Henry Villard
— Noun
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~ United States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900)
Heterotheca villosa
— Noun
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~ hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis
Hottentot's bread vine
— Noun
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~ South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
Hottentot bread vine
— Noun
– English
~ South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark