Part 5265

<hw>Hes"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hesperian</er>.]</ety> <def>The evening; Hesperus.</def>

<h1>Hesperetin</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes*per"e*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.</def>

<h1>Hesperian</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes*pe"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hesperius</ets>, fr. <ets>hesperus</ets> the evening star, Gr. <?/ evening, <?/ <?/ the evening star. Cf. <er>Vesper</er>.]</ety> <def>Western; being in the west; occidental.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hesperian</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes*pe"ri*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or an inhabitant of a western country.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>J. Barlow.</i>

<h1>Hesperian</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes*pe"ri*an</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called <spn>Hesperid\'91</spn>, or skippers.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Any one of the numerous species of <spn>Hesperid\'91</spn>; a skipper.</def></def2>

<h1>Hesperid</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"per*id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as 3d <er>Hesperian</er>.</def>

<h1>Hesperidene</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes*per"i*dene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hesperidium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.</def>

<h1>Hesperides</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes*per"i*des</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>Atlantides</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The garden producing the golden apples.</def>

<blockquote>It not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the <b>Hesperides</b>? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hesperidin</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes*per"i*din</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hesperidium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.</def>

<h1>Hesperidium</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes`pe*rid"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. So called in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides. See <er>Hesperides</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.</def>

<h1>Hesperornis</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes`pe*ror"nis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ western + <?/, <?/, a bird.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See <i>Illust</i>. in Append.</def>

<h1>Hesperus</h1> <Xpage=689>

<hw>Hes"pe*rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Hesper</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.</def>