Indian hemp
Indian hemp /ˈɪndiən hɛmp/
noun
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Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
(
Apocynum cannabinum
, Indian hemp
, rheumatism weed
)
Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
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Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
(
bimli
, bimli hemp
, Bombay hemp
, deccan hemp
, Hibiscus cannabinus
, Indian hemp
, kanaf
, kenaf
)
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
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Source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
(
Cannabis indica
, Indian hemp
)
source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber