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hempseed

hempseed

1 3.5
A small seed from the hemp plant that you can eat or use to make oil
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛmpˌsiːd/
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  • She sprinkled hempseed on her salad for added texture and flavor.
  • hempseed oil

Examples

  • I love adding hempseed to my smoothies for an extra boost of nutrition.

  • In one year alone (1935), 116 million pounds (58,000 tons) of hempseed were used in America just for paint and varnish.

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  • The chef used hempseed in his granola recipe to enhance its health benefits.

Synonyms

hemp seed
vshempseed
1 3.1

An edible seed from the cannabis plant used as food or in cooking

is the same but written as one word

Surface Forms

hempseed singular
hempseeds plural

Morphology

hempseed = hemp + seed (transparent) = hemp + seed

A direct noun+noun compound whose meaning is the literal seed of the hemp plant, easily inferred from its components.

Etymology

Hempseed is simply the combination of hemp, the old name for the plant often used to make rope and cloth, and seed, meaning a small plant seed. So hempseed literally means 'seed of the hemp plant', which is why the word refers to the edible seed used for food and oil.