Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOM-O-GE'NE-AL, or HOM-O-GE'NE-OUS, a. [Fr. homogene; Gr. ομογενης; ομος, like, and γενος, kind.]

Of the same kind or nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature. Thus we say, homogeneous particles, elements or principles; homogeneous bodies.