NOUN | plant | Indian hemp, Cannabis indica | source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber |
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plant | Indian hemp, kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus | valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation | |
plant | Indian hemp, rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough / tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans |
Meaning | Source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber. | |
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Synonym | Cannabis indica | |
Parts | bhang | A preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant |
hashish, hasheesh, haschisch, hash | Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant | |
Broader | cannabis, hemp | Any plant of the genus Cannabis |
Meaning | Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation. | |
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Synonyms | kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus | |
Parts | kenaf, deccan hemp | Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus |
Broader | hibiscus | Any plant of the genus Hibiscus |
Spanish | bimli, hibiscus cannabinus, kanaf | |
Catalan | bimli, hibiscus cannabinus, Hibiscus cannabinus, kanaf, kenaf |
Meaning | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough / tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints. | |
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Synonyms | rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum | |
Broader | dogbane | Any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root |
Catalan | apocynum cannabinum |
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