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{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; a companion, a concubine, fem. of &unr_; a comrade. ] A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common. H. Spencer. -- Het`a*ris"tic a. [1913 Webster]

v. t. Same as Hatchel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Hete, later Het. ] Variant of Hote. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But one avow to greate God I hete. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; a spine. ] (Zool.) Having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hetero- + -archy. ] The government of an alien. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the other + &unr_; growth. ] (Bot.) Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. "e`teros other.] A combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in the hog peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata (photo by Daniel Reed ([email protected]) from http://www.2bnthewild.com), in which besides the usual pods produced from flowers above ground, there are others underground. In the hog peanut the above-ground flowers are all creamy white or tinged with purple, as in the photo. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]