Definition of Hemp family

1. Noun. Two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae.

Exact synonyms: Cannabidaceae, Family Cannabidaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Urticales, Urticales
Member holonyms: Genus Cannabis, Genus Humulus, Humulus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemp Family

hemotoxic
hemotoxicity
hemotoxin
hemotoxins
hemotoxylin
hemovanadin
hemovigilance
hemovore
hemozoin
hemp
hemp-nettle
hemp-nettles
hemp-vine
hemp-vines
hemp agrimony
hemp family (current term)
hemp milk
hemp nettle
hemp tree
hemp willow
hempa
hempcrete
hempen
hempen necktie
hempie
hempier
hempies
hempiest
hemplike
hemps

Literary usage of Hemp family

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British and Garden Botany: Consisting of Descriptions of the Flowering by Leo Hartley Grindon (1864)
"The anthers empty themselves instantaneously, the contents flying out like the puff of smoke from a distant gun. CLIII. THE hemp family. ..."

2. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"E. hemp family 272. HOP HUMULUS LUPULUS L. Not common; a tangle of vines grew in a thicket on the shore of the lake in front of Green's. ..."

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