1. The small, hard seeds of the hemp plant, used as food for birds and livestock, or processed for oil and nutritional products.
Usage: Usually used in plural form; Also called hemp seeds

Examples

• Farmers feed hempseeds to their chickens as a nutritious supplement.
• Hempseeds are rich in protein and omega-3 fatty acids.
• The bird feeder was filled with a mixture of sunflower seeds and hempseeds.
• Health food stores sell hempseeds as a superfood ingredient.
• Hempseeds can be ground into flour for baking.