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having all the fruits of a flower- 

 head alike. 



homocercal, a., horned -serial (Gr. 

 hdmos, alike; kerkos, the tail), 

 having equally-bilobate tails, as 

 in the herring, the cod, etc. ; com- 

 posed of two equal lobes. 



homochromous, a., h6mf>o-lcrom'> 

 Us (Gr. hdmos, alike ; chroma, 

 colour), having all the flowerets 

 on the same flower-head of the 

 same colour. 



homodromous, a., hom-tid'-rim-us 

 (Gr. htimos, alike ; dromos, a 

 race-course), in bot., running in 

 the same direction, as spirals, or 

 leaves on the stem and branches. 



homoeopathy, n., hdm'-e-d'p'ath-i 

 (Gr. homoios, similar, like ; 

 pathos, suffering), a mode of 

 treating diseases by the adminis- 

 tration of medicines capable of 

 exciting in healthy persons 

 symptoms closely similar to those 

 of the disease for which they are 

 given; a theory of medical practice 

 opposed to that commonly known 

 as Allopathy. 



homogamous, a., hom-tig'-am-iis 

 (Gr. homogamos, married to- 

 gether from homos, alike, 

 similar ; gamos, marriage), in 

 bot., applied to composite plants 

 having the flowers of the capitula 

 all hermaphrodite. 



homogangliate, a., hdm'o-gang'- 

 gti-at (Gr. homos, like; gangglion, 

 a knot), in zool. , having a nervous 

 system in which the ganglia are 

 symmetrically arranged. 



homogeneous, a., horn'o-jen'-e-iis 

 (Gr. homos, like; genos, kind), 

 of the same kind or nature ; 

 having a uniform structure or 

 substance ; opposed to ' hetero- 

 geneous. ' 



homologous, a., hdm-81'og'US (Gr. 

 homdlogos, using the same words, 

 of the same opinion from homos, 

 like, similar; logos, speech, ap- 

 pearance), having the same ratio 

 or proportion ; constructed on 

 the same plan, though differing 



in form and function; in anat., 

 having a growth like normal 

 tissues of the body, as opposed to 

 'heterologous'; in chem., applied 

 to analogous bodies whose com- 

 positions differ by a constant 

 difference : homologue, n., 

 hdm''5>l8g, correspondence or 

 equivalence of certain organs; a 

 part in one animal which strictly 

 represents a part in a different 

 animal, as the arms in man, the 

 wings in birds, and the pectoral 

 fins in fishes : homology, n., 

 hom-dV'd'ji, affinity dependent on 

 structure or the essential corre- 

 spondence of parts ; the identity 

 of parts which are apparently 

 distinct; similarity of structure 

 of different parts, as between the 

 upper and lower limbs, exhibiting 

 a community of plan. 



homomorphy, n. , hom'-d-mftrf-i 

 (Gr. homos, like, similar ; morphe, 

 shape, form), in bot., the con- 

 dition of the Compositse when 

 the disc florets assume the form 

 of ray florets ; the fertilization of 

 the pistil by the pollen from its 

 own flowers ; self-fertilization : 

 homomorphic, a. , hdm'd-m8rf'-ik, 

 having the pistil fertilized by the 

 pollen from its own flowers : 

 homomorphous, a., hom'-d-mor/'- 

 us, in zool., having a similar ex- 

 ternal appearance or form. 



homoomerous, a., hom'6'dm'er-us 

 (Gr. homoios, like, similar; meros, 

 a part), in bot., applied to lichens 

 where the gonidia and hyphse in 

 the thallus appear about equally 

 mingled. 



homopetalous, a., hom'o-pVt'al'tiS 

 (Gr. homos, like ; petalon, a 

 leaf), in bot., having all the 

 petals formed alike ; having all 

 the florets alike in a composite 

 flower. 



homotropal, a., hom-fa'-rop-al (Gr. 

 homos, like; tropos, a turning), 

 in bot., having the same general 

 direction as the body of which 

 it forms a part ; applied to the 



