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hemp

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–noun
1. Also called Indian hemp, marijuana. a tall, coarse plant, Cannabis sativa, that is native to Asia but naturalized or cultivated in many parts of the world and is the source of a valuable fiber as well as drugs such as marijuana and hashish. Compare cannabis.
2. the tough fiber of this plant, used for making rope, coarse fabric, etc.
3. any of various plants resembling hemp.
4. any of various fibers similar to hemp.
5. a narcotic drug, as marijuana or hashish, prepared from the hemp plant.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE henep, hænep; c. G Hanf, Gk kánnabis

Related forms:
hemplike, adjective
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hemp   (hěmp)   
n.  

  1. Cannabis.

  2. The tough, coarse fiber of the cannabis plant, used to make cordage.

    1. Any of various plants similar to cannabis, especially one yielding a similar fiber.

    2. The fiber of such a plant.


[Middle English, from Old English hænep.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
hemp

  1. n.
    a smelly cigar. : Get that vile hemp out of here!
  2. n.
    cannabis. (Drugs.) : The guy sort of smells like hemp.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hemp 
O.E. hænep, from P.Gmc. *hanapiz (cf. O.S. hanap, O.N. hampr, O.H.G. hanaf, Ger. Hanf), probably a very early Gmc. borrowing of the same Scythian word that became Gk. kannabis (see cannabis). Slang sense of "marijuana" dates from 1940s; though scientific use for the narcotic derived from hemp dates to 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hemp
Pronunciation: 'hemp
Function: noun
1 : a tall widely cultivated Asian herb of the genus Cannabis (C. sativa) withstrong woody fiber used especially for cordage
2 : the fiber of hemp
3 : a psychoactive drug (as marijuana or hashish) from hemp
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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