1. hemp - Noun
2. Hemp - Proper noun
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 dictionaryGrowing 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