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hebe

[ hee-bee ]
/ ˈhi bi /

noun

any of various shrubs and trees belonging to the genus Hebe, of the figwort family, native mostly to New Zealand, having evergreen leaves and clusters or spikes of white, pink, or purple flowers.

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Origin of hebe

<New Latin (1789), apparently after Hebe

Words nearby hebe

Hebbel, hebdomad, hebdomadal, Hebdomadal Council, hebdomadary, hebe, Hebei, hebephrenia, Heber, Heberden, Heberden's nodes

Definition for hebe (2 of 3)

Hebe1
[ heeb ]
/ hib /

noun Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.

Origin of Hebe

1
First recorded in 1930–35; shortening of Hebrew

Definition for hebe (3 of 3)

Hebe2
[ hee-bee ]
/ ˈhi bi /

noun

Classical Mythology. a goddess of youth and spring, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and wife of Hercules.
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Example sentences from the Web for hebe

  • Children don't require 'cream of roses' and 'Hebe bloom' and—and all that sort of thing, you know—to get 'emselves up.

    Molly Bawn|Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

  • I've been 'Hebe' for fourteen years and I've served all the fancy drinks you can name over the brass railing of that spring.

    Where There's A Will|Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for hebe

Hebe
/ (ˈhiːbɪ) /

noun

Greek myth the goddess of youth and spring, daughter of Zeus and Hera and wife of Hercules
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