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. |