| HALOPHILY | • halophily n. (Biology) The ability to live and thrive in an environment of high salinity. • HALOPHILY n. being adapted to salt conditions. |
| HALOPHYTE | • halophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content. • HALOPHYTE n. a plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
| HELOPHYTE | • helophyte n. (Botany) Any plant (typically found in marshy ground) whose buds overwinter under water. • HELOPHYTE n. any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface. |
| HEMOLYMPH | • hemolymph n. (Zoology) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
| HOGGISHLY | • hoggishly adv. In a hoggish manner. • HOGGISH adv. coarsely selfish, also HOGLIKE. |
| HOLLYHOCK | • hollyhock n. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family. • HOLLYHOCK n. a plant of the mallow family. |
| HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HOMOPHYLY | • homophyly n. (Biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition… • HOMOPHYLY n. resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| HYGROPHIL | • HYGROPHIL adj. moisture-loving; living where there is much moisture, also HYGROPHILOUS. |
| HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| PHYTOLITH | • phytolith n. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |
| THROUGHLY | • throughly adv. (Now rare, archaic) Thoroughly, completely. • THROUGHLY adv. (archaic) far through. |
| WHORISHLY | • whorishly adv. In a whorish manner. • WHORISH adv. like a whore. |