hemp : Idioms & Phrases

• noun bowstring hemp of South Africa
  Sansevieria guineensis; African bowstring hemp.
  

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• noun bowstring hemp of South Africa
  Sansevieria guineensis; African bowstring hemp.
  
• noun large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers
  Sparmannia africana.
  

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• a fiber prerared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India.

Webster 1913

• . See under African, and Bowstring.

Webster 1913

• the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina.

Webster 1913

• noun valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  kanaf; Hibiscus cannabinus; bimli; deccan hemp; Bombay hemp; kenaf; bimli hemp.
  

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• noun any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
  false nettle.
  

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• noun valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  kanaf; Hibiscus cannabinus; bimli; deccan hemp; Bombay hemp; kenaf; bimli hemp.
  

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• noun hemp obtained from the sansevieria
  
• noun strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage
  
• noun grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
  sansevieria.
  

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• (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from which bowstrings are made.

Webster 1913

• a species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), the fiber of which was used by the Indians.

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• noun plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green
  Sansevieria zeylanica.
  

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• noun herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
  climbing hempweed; Mikania scandens; wild climbing hempweed; climbing boneset.
  

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• noun tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage
  Sesbania exaltata.
  

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• noun fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus
  kenaf.
  
• noun valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  kanaf; Hibiscus cannabinus; bimli; deccan hemp; Bombay hemp; kenaf; bimli hemp.
  

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• noun coarse European herb with palmately divided leaves and clusters of small reddish-purple flower heads
  Eupatorium cannabinum.
  

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• a coarse, composite herb of Europe (Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.

Webster 1913

• noun 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
  Cannabidaceae; family Cannabidaceae.
  

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• noun coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States
  dead nettle; Galeopsis tetrahit.
  

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• a plant of the genus Galeopsis (G. Tetrahit), belonging to the Mint family.

Webster 1913

• noun willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
  common osier; velvet osier; Salix viminalis.
  

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• noun source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
  Cannabis indica.
  
• noun valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  kanaf; Hibiscus cannabinus; bimli; deccan hemp; Bombay hemp; kenaf; bimli hemp.
  
• 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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• . (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

• noun a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
  abaca; Manila hemp.
  
• noun Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
  abaca; Musa textilis.
  

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• the fiber of Musa textilis.
• a fibrous material obtained from the Musa textilis, a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East India islands; called also by the native name abaca. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made.

Webster 1913

• noun a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
  abaca; Manila hemp.
  

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• noun 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
  jellyleaf; Sida rhombifolia.
  

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• noun a plant fiber used for making rope
  sisal.
  

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• the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and Yucatan.

Webster 1913

• a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea).

Webster 1913

• an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.

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