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hempseeds

hempseeds is the plural of hempseed.

Meaning of hempseed

Noun

hempseed (countable and uncountable, plural hempseeds)

  1. The seed of the hemp plant, used as high-protein food or fishing bait.
  2. A gallows bird; a person hanged.
    • Thou wot, wot thou? Thou wot, wot ta? Do, do, thou rogue. Do, thou hempseed.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
    Synonyms:
    hempstretch

Questions about hempseeds

What is hempseeds the plural of?
Hempseeds is the plural of hempseed.

Words near hempseeds in the dictionary

  1. Hempleman
  2. hemplike
  3. hempmilk
  4. hemps
  5. hempseed
  6. hempseeds
  7. Hempstead
  8. Hempstead County
  9. Hempsteads
  10. hempstretch
  11. hempvine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hempseeds (page history and authors); hempseed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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