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Hesperiadae
Urbicolae Ur*bic"o*l[ae], n. pl. [NL., fr. L. urbs, urbis, a city + colere to inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as skippers (Hesperiad[ae]).
Hesperian
Hesperian Hes*pe"ri*an, a. [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the evening star, Gr. ? evening, ? ? the evening star. Cf. Vesper.] Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] --Milton.
Hesperian
Hesperian Hes*pe"ri*an, n. A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] --J. Barlow.
Hesperian
Hesperian Hes*pe"ri*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperid[ae], or skippers. -- n. Any one of the numerous species of Hesperid[ae]; a skipper.
Hesperid
Hesperid Hes"per*id, a. & n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as 3d Hesperian.
Hesperidene
Hesperidene Hes*per"i*dene, n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.) An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
Hesperides
Hesperides Hes*per"i*des, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides. 2. The garden producing the golden apples. It not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the Hesperides? --Shak.
Hesperidin
Hesperidin Hes*per"i*din, n. [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Hesperidium
Hesperidium Hes`pe*rid"i*um, n. [NL. So called in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides. See Hesperides.] (Bot.) A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.

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- Hesperis matronalis is an herbaceous flowering plant species in the family Br****icaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet...
- in the genus Hesperis: Hesperis anatolica A.Duran Hesperis armena Boiss. Hesperis bakhtiarica Eslami-Farouji, ****adi & Khodayari Hesperis balansae E.Fourn...
- In Gr**** mythology, Hesperis (Ancient Gr****: Ἑσπερίς Hesperís means 'evening') was (according to one account) the daughter of Hesperus, and the mother...
- Hesperis kotschyi, commonly called Kotschy's damask flower, is a flowering plant in the family Br****icaceae. It is named after the 19th century Austrian...
- name Matthiola parviflora (Schousb.) W.T.Aiton Synonyms Cheiranthus parviflorus Schousb. Hesperis micrantha ****ze Hesperis parviflora (Schousb.) Poir....
- hesperis was a prehistoric chimaeriform fish species belonging to the genus Edaphodon, of which all the species are now extinct. Edaphodon hesperis was...
- List Cheiranthus tricuspidatus L. Cheiranthus villosus Forssk. Hesperis tricuspidata (L.) Lam. Hesperis villosa Poir. Triceras tricuspidatum (L.) Maire...
- Persicoptila hesperis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been...
- Speyeria hesperis, the northwestern fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northwestern United States and western Canada...
- Callicore hesperis, the hesperis eighty-eight or hesperis numberwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil...