Category: H

  • Hilar

    Pertaining to the hilum. Pertaining to the indented surface of the lung. Concerning or belonging to the hilum.  

  • Hexaploid

    With six sets of chromosomes.  

  • Hexandrous

    With six stamens.  

  • Hexamerous

    With flower parts in sixes.  

  • Hexalobate

    With six lobes.  

  • Hexagynous

    Having six pistils or styles.  

  • Hexagonal

    6-angled.  

  • Heuristic

    Concerned with the process of looking at a problem and working out the solution. In computer problem solving, a procedure that has often worked in the past and is likely to work again. A rule or model used to simplify problem solving or the interpretation of complex sets of data.  

  • Heterotypic synonym

    (In nomenclature) synonym based on a type different from that of other synonyms; also known as a taxonomic or subjective synonym. Two or more heterotypic synonyms remain synonymous only as long as their respective types are considered to belong to the same taxon.  

  • Heterotroph

    A plant that obtains its nourishment from organic matter rather than from photosynthesis, hence not usually green. An organism that obtains nourishment from the ingestion and breakdown of organic matter. An organism that must obtain food from organic molecules. An organism such as a human requiring complex organic food in order to grow and develop;…