hesperid

(ˈhɛspərɪd)

any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper

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In the following chapter, "The Hesperid Aegle," Ruskin teases out the meaning of a second Turnerian dragon, "this time not triumphant, but in death-pang; the Python, slain by Apollo" (7.409).

In the two chapters that follow, he goes on to interpret Turner's rendering of the Dragon of the Hesperides (30) and of the Python slain by Apollo.

Black devil and gentle cloud: Ruskin and Emerson at odds

Christine Morand and colleagues from the National Institute for Agronomic Research (France) studied hesperid in (hesperetin-7-O-rutinoside), which comprises 90% of the total flavanones in orange juice.

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