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slightly curved embryo when it 

 has the same general direction as 

 the seed. 



homotype, n., hom'-o-tlp (Gr. 

 homos, like, similar ; tupos, form, 

 a type), that part of an animal 

 which corresponds to another 

 part ; correspondence of parts 

 which lie in series, as the hones 

 of the foot with those of the 

 hand : homotypy, n., hom-dt'ip'i, 

 the state or condition of such 

 correspondence : homotypic, a., 

 hom'-o-tip'-ik, pert, to ; homol- 

 ogous. 



honey-suckle, n., hun'-l-suH-l 

 (Eng. honey, and suckle), a well- 

 known climbing plant and 

 flower ; the common name of the 

 plants of the genus Lonicera, 

 Ord. Caprifoliaceae ; honey-suckle 

 is sometimes applied to meadow 

 clover, Trifolium pratense; the 

 French honey-suckle is Hedy- 

 sarum coronarium. 



Honkeneja, n., hdng'kgn-e'ja (an 

 Iceland word), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Caryophyllacese : Honkeneja 

 peploides, pep-loyd'-ez (Gr.peplos, 

 a covering, a robe; eidos, re- 

 semblance), a species which has 

 been used as a pickle, and in 

 Iceland as an article of food. 



hops, n. plu., hftps (Ger. hopfen, 

 Dut. happen, hops), a climbing 

 plant whose seeds or flowers are 

 employed in imparting bitterness 

 to beer and ale ; the Humulus 

 lupulus, Ord. Cannabinacese. 



hordeolum, n., hdrd-e'-dl-um (a 

 dim. of L. hordeum, barley), in- 

 flammation of one of the meib- 

 omian glands in the margin of the 

 eyelid, so called from its likeness 

 in size and hardness to a small 

 barley-corn ; the stye. 



Hordeum, n., hdrd'Z-Hm (L. 

 hordeum, barley), a genus of the 

 cereal grains, the barleys and 

 barley grasses, Ord. Gramineee : 

 Hordeum vulgare, vulg-ar'% (L. 

 vulgaris, general, common), 

 common barley : H. hexastichum, 



h%ks>ast f -ik>um (Gr. hex, six ; stix, 

 order, rank, stichos, of order or 

 rank), bere or bigg, a variety of 

 barley. 



horehound, n., hor'-hownd (AS. 

 hara-hune from har, hoary, 

 grey ; hune, consumption), a 

 native wild plant, supposed 

 to act as a tonic and ex- 

 pectorant, but not now used by 

 physicians ; the Marrubium 

 vulgare, Ord. Labiata. 



horn-beam, n., horn'-bem (Goth. 

 haurn, horn; Ger. baum, Dut. 

 boom, a tree), a tree whose wood 

 is white, hard, and heavy, hence 

 its name ; the Carpinus betulus, 

 Ord. Cupuliferse or Corylacese. 



horse-chestnut, n., the ^Esculus 

 hippocastanum, Ord. Sapindaceae. 



horse-radish, n., the Cochlearia 

 Armoracia, Ord. Cruciferae : 

 horse-radish tree, the Moringa 

 pterygosperma, Ord. Moringaceae. 



hortus siccus, Jiort'-us sik'-kus 

 (L. hortus, a garden ; siccus, 

 dry), in bot. , a collection of dried 

 plants preserved between paper 

 or in books ; a herbarium. 



hospitalism, n., hds'pit-al-izm (L. 

 hospitalis, hospitable from 

 hospes, a guest), the prejudicial 

 influences of large hospital build- 

 ings upon sick residents, es- 

 pecially when the patients are 

 numerous; the subject of hospital 

 construction. 



houseleek, n., hows'-lek (Eng. 

 house; Icel. laukr, a leek), a 

 well-known herb, the Sem- 

 pervivum tectorum, Ord. Crassul- 

 acese. 



Hoya, n., hoy'-a (after Thomas 

 Hoy, a botanist and gardener), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Asclepiad- 

 acese, which bear very handsome 

 waxy flowers : Hoya carnosa, 

 kdr-noz'd (L. carnosus, fleshy 

 from cdro, flesh), the wax-flower, 

 so named from the peculiar 

 aspect of its blossoms. 



humerus, n., hum f -er-us (L. hiim- 

 Zrus, the shoulder), the arm from 



