hemp

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The manila hemp is the most prominent, of which coarse cloth is woven, besides the valuable cordage.

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  1. noun Cannabis.
  2. noun The tough, coarse fiber of the cannabis plant, used to make cordage.
  3. noun Any of various plants similar to cannabis, especially one yielding a similar fiber.
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  • They don't go to jail, they get patted on the back by supreme criminal Jeb Bush who should already be in state jail & they sell this heroine / ecstasy drug to all the kids to get them drugged out and at the same time pass laws to outlaw hemp which is the most non-violent of all substances in the world! —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • But some in Japan are seeking to make the country's 67-year-old cannabis law stricter by closing loopholes created mostly to help growers of hemp, which is often used to make robes worn by Buddhist monks and loincloths worn by sumo wrestlers. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • Rich with Omegas, all 10 essential Amino Acids and other vitamins and nutrients, hemp is a good alternative source of protein and, in the case of Hempmilk, it's a good stand-in for milk. —  Cool Hunting
  • The process proved exceedingly laborious, for the hemp was thin and damp, and it was difficult to obtain a grip. —  Adventures in Many Lands
  • What is known as Manilla hemp is an article of much value. —  A Voyage round the World A book for boys
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  1. Middle English, from Old English hænep.

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  1. from Middle English hemp, contr. and assimilated (like hamper from hanaper) from Anglo-Saxon henep, hænep = Dutch hennep = Middle Low German hennep = Old High German hanaf, hanof, Middle High German hanef, hanf, German hanf = Icelandic hampr = Swedish hampa = Danish hamp (Goth, not recorded) = Greek κάνναβις (later L. cannabis, later Italian canape = Spanish cáñamo = Portuguese canhamo, canamo = Provencal cambe, cambre = French chanvre, dial, canve, chambe, cambe = (prob.) Irish canaib, cnaib = Breton canib = Arabic Persian qinnab) = Old Bulgarian konoplya = Servian konoplje = Bohemian konope = Polish konop = Russian konoplya, konopelĭ, konop = Old Prussian konapios = Lithuanian kanapes = Lettish kanepe, hemp. The Roman, Arabic, etc., forms are from the L., the Latin from the Greek, and the Greek, Teutonic, and Slav. forms are supposed to be independently derived from an ancient “Scythian” or Caspian source. The Sanskrit çana, hemp, appears to be connected. From the L. cannabis come ult. English canvas, canvass, cannabic, cannabine, etc.
 

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