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haema-
referring to blood (Haemanthus = blood flower) (haematodes)
hal-
referring to salt (halodendron = salt + tree)
ham-
referring to a hook (hamosus)
haplo-
referring to the number one (haplophylla = one-leaved)
harp-
referring to a sickle (shape) (harpophyllus = sickle-shaped leaf)
hast-
referring to a spear (hastatum)
hebe-
pubescent (hebecarpus = hairy-fruited)
hedy-
sweet, fragrant (Hedycarya = sweet nut)
heli-
referring to the sun (Helianthus = sun flower)
helic-
referring to a spiral, a coil (helicoides)
helvetic-
referring to Switzerland (helvetica)
hemero-
referring to a day (Hemerocallis = beautiful for a day)
hemi-
half (hemisphaericus = half a sphere)
hepat-
referring to the liver (shape) (hepaticus)
hepta-
referring to the number seven (heptaphyllum = seven- leaved)
herb-
not woody (herbaceous) (herbacea)
hesper-
referring to the evening or the west (Hesperaloe = Western Aloe)
heter-
variable, different, not-alike (Heteranthera = having unlike anthers in the flowers)
hexa-
referring to the number six (hexagonus = six-angled)
hibern-
referring to winter (hibernalis) OR Ireland (hibernicus)
hipp-
referring to a horse (Hippocrepis = horse-shoe)
hirss- / hirt-
referring to hair (hirtellus = somewhat hairy) / (hirsutum)
hispid-
referring to bristles (hispidula)
hort-
referring to a garden (cultivated) (hortensis / hortulanum)
humil-
low, dwarf (humilis / humile)
hyal-
transparent, translucent (hyalina)
hyem- / hiem-
referring to winter (hyemalis)
hydr-
referring to water (Hydrocotyle = water cup)
hyl-
referring to wood (Hylocereus, a climbing, night- blooming cactus with eventual woody stems)
hymen-
referring to a membrane (Hymenocallis = beautiful membrane, referring to the membrane which connects the base of the anthers in this genus of the spider lily)
hyo-
referring to a hog/swine (Hyophorbe = swine food)
hyper-
above, far, extreme (hyperborealis = of the far north)
hypo-
under, beneath (hypophyllus = under the leaf / hypoleuca = white beneath)
hystr-
bristly (hystrix)

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Last updated on 10/14/94