Plural form of hempseed; multiple seeds from the hemp plant.
The plural of hempseed, formed regularly by adding '-s' to the singular noun, maintaining the same etymological roots in Old English hemp and seed.
The shift from singular to plural might seem trivial, but in medieval agricultural texts, the specific mention of 'hempseeds' versus 'hemp' shows how farmers were thinking of the seeds as a distinct commodity worth counting and trading.
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