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he⋅be

  [hee-bee]
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–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.
Origin:
< NL (1789), appar. after Hebe

He⋅be

  [hee-bee]
–noun
Classical Mythology. a goddess of youth and spring, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and wife of Hercules.

Hebe

  [heeb]
–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a Jew.
Origin:
1930–35; shortening of Hebrew
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He·be   (hē'bē)   
n.   Greek Mythology
The goddess of youth and spring, cupbearer to the Olympian gods.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

Hebe 
1606, Gk. goddess of youth, from Gk. hebe "youth, strength of youth;" hence hebephrenia "adolescent insanity" (1886), coined in Mod.L. by Ger. psychiatrist Ewald Escker in 1871, from Gk. phrene (gen. phrenos) "mind."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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