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hubris, a wanton act, an outrage), 

 an animal or plant the produce 

 of different kinds or species ; a 

 plant resulting from the fecunda- 

 tion of one species by another : 

 adj., having the origin or char- 

 acter of a hybrid : hybridisation, 

 n., hl'brid'$z-d'shun, the act of 

 rendering hybrid. 



hydatids, n. plu., hid'&t-idz. and 

 hydatides, n. plu., hld-at'-id-ez 

 (Gr. hudatis, a vesicle, hudatldos, 

 of a vesicle from hudor, water), 

 little vesicles or bladders, with 

 fluid or semi - fluid contents, 

 found in the bodies of animals in 

 a state of disease, and containing 

 the larval forms of parasites : 

 hydatid mole, the product of a 

 morbid pregnancy consisting of 

 bunches of mucoid vesicles, 

 having a general resemblance to 

 clusters of grapes. 



Hydnocarpus, n., hld'nd-kdrp'us 

 (Gr. hudnon, a tuber ; karpos, 

 fruit), a genus of small trees, 

 Ord. Bixace?e : Hydnocarpus 

 venenatus, ven'-Zn-at'us (L. ven- 

 enatus, poisonous fromvenenum, 

 poison), a species which produces 

 a fruit of the size of an apple, 

 which the Cingalese use to 

 poison fish ; the seeds contain 

 an oil used medicinally. 



Hydnora, n., hld-nor'-a (see 

 Hydnum), a genus of root 

 parasites having a fungus-like 

 aspect, Ord. Cytinacese: Hydnora 

 Africana, af'rik'dn'a(Africdnus, 

 of or from Africa), a parasitic 

 flowering plant of very singular 

 construction, which attacks the 

 roots of the Cistus, some succulent 

 Euphorbiaceae, and other plants. 



Hydnum, n., hid'-num (Gr. hud- 

 non, a mushroom), a genus of 

 mushrooms, Ord. Fungi : Hyd- 

 num coralloides, kdr'dl-oyd'ez 

 (L. corallum, Gr. korallion, red 

 coral), a species of mushroom 

 which are eatable, found under 

 the trunks of trees in moist situa- 

 tions. 



hydra, n., Jdd'rft (Gr. hudra, L. 

 hydra, the hydra, a water snake; 

 Gr. hudor, water), a water snake; 

 a fabulous monster serpent hav- 

 ing many heads, slain by Her- 

 cules ; a fresh - water polype : 

 hydraform, a., hid'ra'form (L. 

 forma, shape), resembling the 

 common fresh -water polype or 

 hydra in form. 



hydragogue, n., hid^ra-gftg (Gr. 

 hudor, wa,ter ; ago, I lead), a 

 medicine which produces copious 

 watery stools. 



Hydrangese, n. plu., hld-ranj'Z-e 

 (Gr. hudor, water; anggeion, a ves- 

 sel, a capsule), a Sub-order of the 

 Ord. Saxifragacese : Hydrangea, 

 n., a genus of plants, pretty 

 when in flower, so called from 

 the capsules of some of the 

 species appearing like a cap : 

 Hydrangea Thunbergii, tun- 

 berj'i'i (after Thunberg, a celeb- 

 rated traveller and botanist), a 

 species whose leaves furnish a tea 

 of a very recherche character, 

 bearing the name Ama-tsja in 

 Japan. 



hydranth, n., hld'ranth (Gr. 

 hudra, a water serpent ; anthos, 

 a flower), the polypite or proper 

 nutritive zooid of the Hydro- 

 zoa. 



hydrargyrum, n., hid-rdrj'Jr-'&m 

 (Gr. hudrarguros, fluid silver 

 from hudor, water ; arguros, 

 silver), quicksilver or mercury : 

 hydrargyria, n. plu., hld'-rdr- 

 jir'i-a, one of the ill effects of 

 mercury applied locally : hydrar- 

 gyriasis, n., hid-rdr'-jir-i'-as-is, a 

 disease produced by the abuse of 

 mercury. 



Hydrastis, n., hld-ras'tis (Gr. 

 hudor, water), a genus of plants 

 growing in moist situations, Ord. 

 Kanunculaceae : Hydrastis Can- 

 adensis, kdn'-dd-Zntfta (of or 

 from Canada), a species whose 

 yellow roots are used as a tonic ; 

 yellow root. 



hydrate, n., hid'-rat (Gr. hudor, 



