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HUMULUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Humulus mean?

• HUMULUS (noun)
The noun HUMULUS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: HUMULUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HUMULUS (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 Urticaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Humulus; Humulus

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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