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English word hectogram comes from English gram, English hecto-
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gram (English)
Grandmother (US) (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.. A leguminous plant grown for its seeds. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g (obsolete) angry.
hecto- (English)
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 100. Symbol: h.
hectogram (English)
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 102 grams. Symbol: hg.