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Hebe
Hebe ♀ Pronounced ‘hee-bee’: from a Greek name, a feminine form of the adjective hēbos ‘young’. This was borne in Greek mythology by a minor goddess who was a personification of youth. She was a daughter of Zeus and the wife of Hephaistos; it was her duty to act as cup-bearer to the gods. The name was taken up in England in the late 19th century, but it has fallen out of fashion again.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Hebe." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Hebe." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Hebe.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Hebe." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Hebe.html |
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Hebe (family Scrophulariaceae) A genus of shrubs, very closely related to Veronica but, unlike that genus, truly shrubby and with the capsule dorsally (not laterally) compressed. They are much cultivated for the flowers and foliage. There are about 75 species in the extreme south of S. America, New Zealand, and Australia.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "Hebe." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "Hebe." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-Hebe.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "Hebe." A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-Hebe.html |
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Hebe Asteroid 6, discovered in 1847 by the German amateur astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793–1866). Hebe is an S-class asteroid of diameter 204 km. Its orbit has a semimajor axis of 2.425 AU, period 3.78 years, perihelion 1.94 AU, aphelion 2.91 AU, and inclination 14°.8.
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"Hebe." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hebe." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-Hebe.html "Hebe." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-Hebe.html |
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"Hebe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hebe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hebe.html "Hebe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hebe.html |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hebe." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hebe." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Hebe.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Hebe." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Hebe.html |
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Hebe
•abbey, cabby, crabby, flabby, gabby, grabby, Rabbie, scabby, shabby, tabby, yabby
•namby-pamby
•Abu Dhabi, Babi, Darby, derby, kohlrabi, Mugabe, Punjabi, Wahhabi
•Entebbe, plebby
•cobwebby
•Achebe, baby, maybe
•Naseby • crybaby • bushbaby
•freebie, Hebe, phoebe
•Libby • Digby
•astilbe, Philby, trilby
•Dimbleby • nimby • Whitby
•frisbee, Thisbe
•Grimsby • renminbi • honeybee
•oribi
•Bobbie, bobby, Gobbi, hobby, knobby, lobby, snobby, swabbie
•Dolby • zombie • Crosby
•corbie, warby
•Albee • Formby • Port Moresby
•adobe, dhobi, dobe, Nairobi, obi, Robey
•Toynbee
•booby, jube, newbie, Newby, ruby
•would-be
•chubby, clubby, cubby, grubby, hubby, nubby, scrubby, shrubby, stubby, tubby
•rugby • bumblebee • brumby • busby
•Niobe • Jacobi • Lockerbie • Allenby
•Willoughby • wallaby • wannabe
•Araby • tsessebi • herby
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"Hebe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hebe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Hebe.html "Hebe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Hebe.html |
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