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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.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Order Urticales, Urticales
Member holonyms: Genus Cannabis, Genus Humulus, Humulus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemp Family
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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