hemp

/hɛmp/

/hɛmp/

Other forms: hemps

Definitions of hemp

1. noun

   any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
   synonyms: cannabis

   types:

   Cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana, marijuana

   a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared

   Cannabis indica, Indian hemp

   source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2. noun

   a plant fiber
   types:

   deccan hemp, kenaf

   fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus

   bowstring hemp

   hemp obtained from the sansevieria

   Manila hemp, Manilla hemp, abaca

   a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines

   type of:

   plant fiber, plant fibre

   fiber derived from plants
3. noun

   a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
   synonyms: halter, hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hempen necktie

   type of:

   rope

   a strong line