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Huguenot
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5MFr, orig., supporter of group in Geneva opposing annexation to Savoy: altered (after Hugues BesanIon, leader of the group) < earlier eidgnot < Ger eidgenosse, a confederate, ally: name later applied to Protestants in reference to the Calvinist Reformation in Geneva6 any French Protestant of the 16th or 17th cent.



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5AmSp < Nahuatl wita:win < huitztli, a spine + izachi, plentiful6 a spiny plant (Acacia farnesiana) of the mimosa family, native to Texas and Mexico, with fragrant yellow flowers used in perfumery



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Humaniora - the branches of learning regarded as having primarily a cultural character;, and
usually including languages,literature, history, mathematics, and philosophy.


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humifuse


1. spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent.


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