ˈhempweed
† 1. Some kind of sea-weed; ? = dulse. Obs.
1620 Markham Farew. Husb. iii. 28 You shall gather from the bottome of the Rocks (where the seydge of the Sea continually beateth) a certaine blacke weede, which they call Hemp-weede, hauing great broad leaues. |
2. = hemp-agrimony, and other species of Eupatorium.
1796 Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 707 Eupatorium cannabinum,..Hemp Agrimony, Dutch Agrimony, Water Agrimony, Water Hemp, Common Hempweed. 1862 Ansted Channel Isl. (1865) 177 The hemp-weed or hemp⁓agrimony, a common plant enough. 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., Aromatic hempweed, Eupatorium aromaticum. Round-leaved Hempweed, Eupatorium rotundifolium. |