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Hedge(finance)
Hedge(medicine)
Hedge(money)
Buy hedge(money)
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hedge(2)(dictionary)
Selling hedge(finance)
Hedge - General(gambling)
Additional hedge(finance)

phytochrome (iou) and hedge 1, noun (oh)


phytochrome (iou)



phytochrome noun. L19.
[from PHYTO- + Greek khroma colour.]
Xanthophyll; chlorophyll. rare. L19-E20.
Botany. A blue-green compound which has two forms interconvertible by the absorption of light, and which regulates many aspects of development in higher plants according to the Nature and timing of the light which it absorbs. M20.

hedge 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: hecg]
a row of small bushes or trees growing close together, usually dividing one field or Garden from another
something that protects you against possible problems, especially financial loss
hedge against
¡¡Buying a house will be a hedge against inflation.
-see also look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards at drag 1 (13)