hemp

Speech parts

1. hemp - Noun

2. Hemp - Proper noun

Meaning

A plant of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber.

The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cannabis halter hangman's halter hangman's rope hempen necktie gage roach reefer herb kava Mary Jane cotton grass silk bang
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Antonyms

separate lock unstring

Hypernyms

bush plant rope shrub plant fiber plant fibre

Hyponyms

marihuana ganja Indian hemp marijuana abaca Manila hemp

Phrases with the word

Jubbulpore hemp Madras hemp Sunn hemp bastard hemp brown hemp false hemp

Anagrams

meph

Examples

Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet. Jack Herer

I am very glad to hear that the Gardener has saved so much of the St. foin seed, and that of the India Hemp. Make the most you can of both, by sowing them again in drills... Let the ground be well prepared, and the Seed (St. foin) be sown in April. The Hemp may be sown any where. George Washington

If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on. Terence McKenna

By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric. Corsican Proverb

Prepare the fallow field well enough and you'll be free to go off and gather the hemp ties. Sicilian Proverb

Swedish iron, hemp of Riga, English tools and fish waters of Kemi and the meadows of Liminka and Russian gold are the best in the world. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

hemoximetry hemoxygenase hemozoin hemp agrimony hemp bush hemp family