Indian hemp

noun

The plant Crotalaria juncea.

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brown hempjanapajanapanJubbulpore hempMadras hempsann hempSunn hempQueensland hemp
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Meanings

nounIndian hemp (usually uncountable, plural Indian hemps)

plural Indian hemps

  1. uncountableusuallyThe plant Crotalaria juncea.

    Synonyms: brown hemp, janapa, janapan, Jubbulpore hemp, Madras hemp, sann hemp, Sunn hemp

  2. uncountableusuallyThe plant Cannabis indica.
  3. USuncountableusuallyA poisonous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, that American Indians used to make rope and string.
  4. uncountableusuallySynonym of Queensland hemp.

    Synonyms: Queensland hemp

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe plant Crotalaria juncea.

Similar
brown hempjanapajanapanJubbulpore hempMadras hempsann hempSunn hemp

nounSynonym of Queensland hemp.

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Queensland hemp

More synonyms by meaning

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

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Cannabis indica
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cannabishemp

nounvaluable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

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kenafkanafdeccan hempbimlibimli hempBombay hempHibiscus cannabinus
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hibiscus

nounCanadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

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rheumatism weedApocynum cannabinum
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dogbane
Also see
brown hempcanadian hempjanapajanapanjubbulpore hempkenafmadras hempsann hempsunn hemp

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