hemp

[hemp] /hɛmp/
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
before 1000; Middle English; Old English henep, hænep; cognate with German Hanf, Greek kánnabis
Related forms
hemplike, adjective
Examples from the web for hemp
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  • Students walked, or tried to walk, across a slack hemp.
  • hemp has even been used in alternative automobile fuel.
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British Dictionary definitions for hemp

hemp

/hɛmp/
noun
1.
Also called cannabis, marijuana. an annual strong-smelling Asian plant, Cannabis sativa, having tough fibres, deeply lobed leaves, and small greenish flowers: family Cannabidaeceae See also Indian hemp
2.
the fibre of this plant, used to make canvas, rope, etc
3.
any of several narcotic drugs obtained from some varieties of this plant, esp from Indian hemp See bhang, cannabis, hashish, marijuana
See also bowstring hemp
Derived Forms
hempen, hemplike, adjective
Word Origin
Old English hænep; related to Old Norse hampr, Old High German hanaf, Greek kannabis, Dutch hennep
Word Origin and History for hemp
n.

Old English hænep "hemp, cannabis sativa," from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz (cf. Old Saxon hanap, Old Norse hampr, Old High German hanaf, German Hanf), probably a very early Germanic borrowing of the same Scythian word that became Greek kannabis (see cannabis). As the name of the fiber made from the plant, by c.1300. Slang sense of "marijuana" dates from 1940s; though scientific use for the narcotic derived from hemp dates to 1870.

Slang definitions & phrases for hemp

hemp

noun

Marijuana; Indian hemp (1940s+ Narcotics)

Related Terms

indian hay