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单词 hemp-nettle
释义

hemp /hemp/

noun
  1. A plant (Cannabis sativa), classified by some as belonging to the mulberry family, Moraceae, but by many now placed in a separate family, Cannabinaceae, yielding a coarse fibre, a narcotic drug, and an oil
  2. The fibre itself
  3. The drug
  4. A similar fibre derived from various other plants (eg Manila, sisal, sunn hemp)
ORIGIN: OE henep, hænep; cf cannabis

hempˈen adjective

  1. Made of hemp
  2. Relating to the hangman's noose or hanging (archaic)

hempˈy adjective

  1. Like hemp
  2. Roguish
  3. Romping
noun (Scot)
  1. A rogue
  2. A romp
  3. A tomboy

hemp agrimony noun

A composite plant (Eupatorium cannabinum) with hemp-like leaves

hempen caudle see under caudle

hempen widow noun

The widow of a man who has been hanged

hempˈ-nettle noun

A coarse bristly labiate weed (genus Galeopsis)

hempˈ-palm noun

A palmetto (yielding fibre)

hempˈseed noun

  1. The oil-yielding seed of hemp, a bird's food
  2. Gallows-bird (Shakespeare)

nettle1 /netˈl/

noun
  1. Any of various common weeds (genus Urtica) with stinging hairs
  2. Any of several similar plants, such as hemp-nettle
transitive verb
  1. To sting (obsolete)
  2. To annoy
ORIGIN: OE netele; Ger Nessel

nettˈlelike adjective

nettˈlesome adjective

  1. Irritable
  2. Causing irritation

nettˈly adjective

nettˈle-cell noun

A nematocyst

nettˈle-cloth noun

  1. Cloth of nettle-fibre
  2. Thick japanned cotton

nettˈle-fish noun

A jellyfish

nettle rash noun

Urticaria, a rash of itchy red or white weals, usu the symptom of an allergy (also called hives)

nettˈle-tree noun

  1. A tree of the elm family (genus Celtis), with nettle-shaped leaves, edible drupes, and wood good for turning
  2. A tropical and Australian tree (genus Laportea) of the nettle family, with virulently stinging leaves

dead-nettle see under dead

grasp the nettle

To set about an unpleasant task, duty, etc with firmness and resolution

hemp-nettle see under hemp

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