单词 | female hemp |
释义 | > as lemmasfemale hemp female hemp n. (a) the male of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa, popularly so called because it is less vigorous than the female; = fimble hemp at fimble n.1 1 (now historical); (b) the female of the hemp plant (see quots. 1753, 1997). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > hemp plant > female carl hemp?1523 female hemp1753 ?c1450Femaille hempe [see sense B. 8]. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlixv Thy femell hempe must be pulled from the churle hempe: for that bereth no sede... The churle hempe doth bere sede..the hempe therof is nat so good as the femell hempe. 1625 Edinb. Test. LIII. f. 114, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Female Sex scheives of femill hempt. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Hemp The remaining plants, which are the female Hemp, called by the farmer Karle-hemp, are to be left till Michaelmas. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. The carl or male hemp was used for ropes, sackcloth, and other coarse manufactures; the fimble, or female hemp, was applied to..domestic purposes. 1902 W. I. Hannan Textile Fibres Commerce 22 Fig. 12 shows a mature female hemp plant. The fruit and seeds are borne in the axils of the cauline leaves. 1997 T. La Farge et al. in R. M. Rowell et al. Paper & Composites from Agro-based Resources iii. 49 In dioecious forms of hemp..the male hemp ripens 1 to 1½ months earlier than female hemp. < as lemmas |
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