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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An East Indian plant, Hibiscus cannabinus. See Hibiscus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called also brown Indian hemp.

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