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- English Word Hare'brained' Definition Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless.
- English Word Hare's-ear Definition An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves.
- English Word Hare's-foot fern Definition A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.
- English Word Hare's-tail Definition A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). See Cotton grass, under Cotton.
- English Word Hare-hearted Definition Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
- English Word Harebell Definition A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell.
- English Word Harefoot Definition A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
- English Word Harefoot Definition A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.
- English Word Harehound Definition See Harrier.
- English Word Hareld Definition The long-tailed duck.
- English Word Harelip Definition A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare.
- English Word Harem Definition The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
- English Word Harem Definition The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man, in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
- English Word Harengiform Definition Herring-shaped.
- English Word Harfang Definition The snowy owl.
- English Word Hariali grass Definition The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.
- English Word Haricot Definition A ragout or stew of meat with beans and other vegetables.
- English Word Haricot Definition The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.
- English Word Harier Definition See Harrier.
- English Word Harikari Definition See Hara-kiri.