Defn: An isomeric variety of terpene from orange oil.
HESPERIDES
Hes*per"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides.
2. The garden producing the golden apples. It not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the Hesperides Shak.
HESPERIDIN
Hes*per"i*din, n. Etym: [See Hesperidium.] (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
HESPERIDIUM Hes`pe*rid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL. So called in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides. See Hesperides.] (Bot.)
Defn: A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
HESPERORNIS
Hes`pe*ror"nis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)