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Indian hemp

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The plant Crotalaria juncea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brown hemp, janapa, janapan, Jubbulpore hemp, Madras hemp, sann hemp, Sunn hemp

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The plant Cannabis indica.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A poisonous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, that American Indians used to make rope and string.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dogbane

5

noun

Meaning 5

valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hibiscus

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noun

Meaning 6

source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Cannabis indica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cannabis, hemp

History

Etymology

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