Indian hemp

1. (noun) Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
Synonyms: Apocynum cannabinum, rheumatism weed
Related Words: dogbane

2. (noun) source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
Synonyms: Cannabis indica
Related Words: cannabis, hemp

3. (noun) valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
Synonyms: Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, bimli, bimli hemp, deccan hemp, kanaf, kenaf
Related Words: hibiscus



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