Indian hemp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
    Cannabis indica.
  2. noun valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
    kanaf; Hibiscus cannabinus; bimli; deccan hemp; Bombay hemp; kenaf; bimli hemp.
  3. noun Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
    rheumatism weed; Apocynum cannabinum.

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  1. . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Apocynum (A. cannabinum), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from which hasheesh is obtained.

Webster 1913