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noun

Hemp n.

1.

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis (Cannabis 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.

2.

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.

African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and Bowstring.

Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina.

Canada hemp, a species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), the fiber of which was used by the Indians.

Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe (Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.

Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis (Galeopsis Tetrahit), belonging to the Mint family.

Indian hemp. See under Indian, a.

Manila hemp, the fiber of Musa textilis.

Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and Yucatan.

Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea).

Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hemp" Quotes from Famous Books

... said Tim; "when Abs'lom Kittredge gits hung it 'll be with suthin' stronger'n hair; he'll stretch hemp." He exchanged a glance of triumphant prediction with his brother, and anon gazed ...

— His "Day In Court" - 1895 • Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)

... nature of which you do not immediately recognize. It is gutta-percha, the wonderful vegetable juice, which is as firm as a rock while it is cold and as soft as dough when it is exposed to heat. This is inclosed within several strands of Manilla hemp, with ten iron wires woven among them. The hemp is saturated with tar to resist water, and the wires are galvanized to prevent rust. You may judge, then, how strong and durable the rope is, but I am not sure that you can ...

— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 • Various

... well as nuts and fruit. Barley was one of the cereals early discovered, and from that bread was made. Then ramie, a well-known fiber, was found in the early days of their occupation, as well as flax, and a wild species of hemp. ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen • Roger Finlay

... War, something of musical comedy in its setting, had run its brief malarial engagement, netting Ben Becker, in one order of hemp rope alone, a cleanly realized profit of forty-two ...

— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst

... the majority of vegetable textile substances, such as cotton, flax, and hemp, to cite only those most generally known, is in fact completely destroyed only by the combined action of oxygen and chlorine, which always act in the same manner, whether the fibers be in a raw ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 • Various

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