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    HUMULUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Humulus; Humulus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Humulus" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Humulus"):

    hop; hops (twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer)

    Holonyms ("Humulus" is a member of...):

    Cannabidaceae; family Cannabidaceae; hemp family (two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae)

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