The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . thorax. hemotrophyt (he-motro-fi), n. [< Gr. aljia,blood, + rpoifiii, nourishment.] Excessive he-matopoiesis. hemp (hemp), 11. [< ME. hemp, contr. and as-similated (like hamper < hanaper) L. cannabis, > It. co-nape = Sp. cdfiamo = Pg. canhamo, canamo = , cambre = F. chanvre, dial, canve, chambe,cambe = (prob.) Ir. caiiaib, cnaib = Bret, canib= Ar. Pers. qinnab) = OBulg. Iionoplya = = Bobem. konope = Pol. konop = , k
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . thorax. hemotrophyt (he-motro-fi), n. [< Gr. aljia,blood, + rpoifiii, nourishment.] Excessive he-matopoiesis. hemp (hemp), 11. [< ME. hemp, contr. and as-similated (like hamper < hanaper) L. cannabis, > It. co-nape = Sp. cdfiamo = Pg. canhamo, canamo = , cambre = F. chanvre, dial, canve, chambe,cambe = (prob.) Ir. caiiaib, cnaib = Bret, canib= Ar. Pers. qinnab) = OBulg. Iionoplya = = Bobem. konope = Pol. konop = , konopeli, konop = OPruss. konapios =Lith. kanapes = Lett, kanepe, hemp. The Rom.,Ar., etc., forms are from the L., the L. from theGr., and the Gr., Teut., and Slav, forms are sup-posed to be independently derived from an an-cient Scythian or Caspian source. The ((««, hemp, appears to be connected. Fromthe Ii. cannabis come ult. E. canvas, canvass,. Male (I) and Female (2) Plants of Hemp (Cannabis sativa).a, male Hower; b, female flower; c, embryo. hemp-palm cannabic, caunabine, etc.] 1. A plant of thegenus Cannabis J natural order Urticacece^ ofwhich O. sativa is the only known species, being only a variety, it is an ammni her-baceous plant, the fiber of which constitutes the hemp ofcommerce. It is a native of western and central Asiii, Imthas been long naturalized in Brazil and tropical Africa, andis extensively cultivated in many countries. The Indianvariety, often called Cannabis Indica^ is the source of thenarcotic drug bluing or hashish, (.See bhang.) A valuableoil is expressed from the seeds. Heer fatall Hemp, which Denmark doth furnish vs with Canvass, and with Cord. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartass Weeks, i. when required for cordage is generally sown indrills, when for weaving purposes it is scattered broad-cast. A. G. F. Eliot James^ Indian industries, p. 142. 2. The fiber of this plant, obtaine
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