hemp


Definition: Meaning of, hemp in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hɛmp /

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  1. a type of plant that is used to make rope and sometimes to produce the drug CANNABIS
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hemp used in phrases

  • African bowstring hemp (noun)
    1. bowstring hemp of South Africa
  • African hemp (noun)
    1. bowstring hemp of South Africa
    2. large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers
  • Bombay hemp (noun)
    1. valuable fibre plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  • Ceylon bowstring hemp (noun)
    1. plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green
  • Colorado River hemp (noun)
    1. tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fibre formerly used by Indians for cordage
  • Indian hemp (noun)
    1. canadian dogbane yielding a tough fibre used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
    2. valuable fibre plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  • Manila hemp (noun)
    1. a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
    2. philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
  • Manilla hemp (noun)
    1. a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
  • Queensland hemp (noun)
    1. herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed
  • bimli hemp (noun)
    1. valuable fibre plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
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