HEMP

cannabis, hemp

(noun) any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

hemp

(noun) a plant fiber

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Hemp (plural Hemps)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hemp is the 30477^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 766 individuals. Hemp is most common among White (92.43%) individuals.

Anagrams

• meph

Etymology

Noun

hemp (countable and uncountable, plural hemps)

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.

Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.

Anagrams

• meph

Source: Wiktionary

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Hemp, n. Etym: [OE. hemp, AS. henep, hænep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. conoplia, Skr. a; all prob. borrowed from some other language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine, Canvas.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

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 (G. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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