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hemp  (hmp)

n.

1. Cannabis.

2. The tough, coarse fiber of the cannabis plant, used to make cordage.

3.

a. Any of various plants similar to cannabis, especially one yielding a similar fiber.

b. The fiber of such a plant.

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[Middle English, from Old English hænep.]

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hemp [hɛmp]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called cannabis marijuana an annual strong-smelling Asian plant, Cannabis sativa, having tough fibres, deeply lobed leaves, and small greenish flowers: family Cannabidaeceae See also Indian hemp

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the fibre of this plant, used to make canvas, rope, etc.

3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) any of several narcotic drugs obtained from some varieties of this plant, esp from Indian hemp See bhang, cannabis, hashish, marijuana See also bowstring hemp

[Old English hænep; related to Old Norse hampr, Old High German hanaf, Greek kannabis, Dutch hennep]

hempen , hemplike adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hemp - a plant fiber                         canvas, canvass - a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) rope - a strong line deccan hemp, kenaf - fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus bowstring hemp - hemp obtained from the sansevieria abaca, Manila hemp, Manilla hemp - a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines plant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants
	2.	hemp - 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 cannabis cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect genus Cannabis - hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae 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 bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	3.	hemp - a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hempen necktie, halter gallows - an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging running noose, slip noose, noose - a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled rope - a strong line

Translations

hemp [hemp] N

1. (= plant, fibre) → cáñamo m

2. (= drug) → hachís m

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hemp [ˈhɛmp] n → chanvre m

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hemp

n

(Bot) → Hanf m; hemp seed → Hanfsamen pl

(= drug) → Hanf m

(= fibre) → Hanf (→ faser f) m

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hemp [hɛmp] n (for rope) → canapa; (drug) → canapa indiana, hascisc m inv

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hemp

n hemp [hemp]

(a plant from which is obtained) a coarse fibre used to make rope, bags, sails etc and the drug cannabis (hashish or marijuana). hennep, dagga قُنَّب коноп konopí hamp der Hanf κάνναβη cáñamo kanep بوته شاهدانه hamppu chanvre קַנַבּוּס सन, शण, गांजा konoplja kender, hasis rami hampur canapa 麻 삼, 대마 kanapė kaņepes hem; ganja hennep hamp konopie cânhamo cânepă конопля; пенька konope konoplja konoplja hampa กัญชา kendir; kenevir 大麻 коноплі; гашиш پٹ سن کا ریشہ جس سے رسیاں وغیرہ بنتی ہیں cây gai dầu 大麻