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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.

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- In Gr**** mythology, the Hesperides (/hɛˈspɛrɪdiːz/; Ancient Gr****: Ἑσπερίδες, Ancient Gr**** pronunciation: [hesperídes]) are the nymphs of evening and...
- The Apples of the Hesperides were golden apples in Gr**** mythology, kept in a garden at the far western edge of the world. According to myth, the apples...
- Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world in Gr**** mythology. Hesperides may also refer to: Hesperides, Libya...
- BIO Hespérides (A-33), is a Spanish polar research vessel. She was built in 1990, by Bazán Shipyards of Cartagena, Spain. Hespérides is used to service...
- the éric items demanded by Lugh Lamhfada included the Golden Apples of Hesperides. It is said to taste of honey, have curative powers, and not diminish...
- in Gr**** mythology, who guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Ladon was the last of the progeny of...
- Hespérides Trough (60°21′S 50°50′W / 60.350°S 50.833°W / -60.350; -50.833) is an undersea trough named for the Spanish research vessel Hespérides....
- 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. This includes the carpe diem poem "To the Virgins, to...
- Hesperides (/hɛˈspɛrɪdiːz/) (complete title, Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq.) is a book of poetry published in 1648...
- which gave rise to the mythological ****ociations of the garden of the Hesperides. The ancient city existed on a raised piece of land opposite of what is...