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Definition of Genus Cannabis
1. Noun. Hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae.
Group relationships: Cannabidaceae, Family Cannabidaceae, Hemp Family
Member holonyms: Cannabis, Hemp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cannabis
Literary usage of Genus Cannabis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"764), we may add that laticiferous cells have been recorded also in the second
genus (Cannabis) of the ..."
2. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"... <k to which only two plants, hemp (genus Cannabis} and the hop, belong, closely
allied to ttie nettle order. ..."
3. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"In only one genus, Cannabis, did the leaves sink in the evening, and Kraus
attributes this movement to the prepotency of their epinastic growth. ..."
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