| 单词 | summer hemp |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer hemp It is a dioecious plant, of which the female is more vigorous and long-lived than the male, whence the sexes were popularly mistaken, and the female called carl hemp or winter hemp, the male fimble hemp (i.e. female), barren hemp, or summer hemp: see carl hemp n. and fimble n.1extracted from hempn.summer hemp summer hemp n. now historical and rare hemp plants ( Cannabis sativa) that do not bear seed; = fimble n.1 1.These plants were originally designated as female, but later recognized to be the males of a dioecious species: see hemp n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > hemp plant > male fimble1484 summer hemp1588 1588 J. Read tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula in tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method f. 104v Tinctorum, of the greater fumitery, of Sommer hempe. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 572 The male is called Charle Hempe, and Winter Hempe. The female Barren Hempe, and Sommer Hempe. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 118 The light Summer-hemp, that bears no Seed, is called Fimble hemp. 1804 Trans. Soc. Arts 22 8/2 To the person who..shall at the proper season cause to be plucked the summer hemp (or male hemp bearing no seed), and continue the winter hemp (or female hemp bearing seed) on the ground until the seed is ripe. 2009 N. Arrowsmith Essent. Herbal Wisdom 144 The male plant is known as summer hemp, fimble, femble, flembe, fyrble, and barren. < as lemmas |
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