hempseed

English

Hempseed.

Hulled hempseed.

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to hemp +‎ seed.

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.

   Synonym: hempstretch

   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Thou wot, wot thou? Thou wot, wot ta? Do, do, thou rogue. Do, thou hempseed.

Translations

seed of the hemp plant

• Arabic: بُذُور الْقِنَّب pl (buḏūr al-qinnab), شَاهْدَانَج m (šāhdānaj), تَنُّوم m (tannūm)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܲܗܕܵܢܵܓ m (šahdānāḡ)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שָׁהְדָּנַג m (šāhdānaḡ)

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: շահդանակ (šahdanak)

• Catalan: llavor de cànem m, ^{(please verify)} canyamon m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大麻籽 (dàmá zǐ)

• Dutch: hennepzaad (nl) n
• Finnish: hampunsiemen
• French: chènevis (fr) m
• German: Hanfsamen m
• Greek: κανναβούρι (el) n (kannavoúri), κανναβόσπορος (el) m (kannavósporos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: canapuccia f
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Middle Persian: šhdʾnk' (/⁠šahdānag⁠/)
• Persian: شاهدانه (fa) (šâhdâne)
• Polish: siemię konopne n
• Portuguese: semente de cânhamo f
• Russian: конопля́ные семена́ m (konopljányje semená)
• Spanish: cañamón (es) m
• Swedish: hampfrö n, hampafrö n
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Hemp § Food on Wikipedia.Wikipedia