AFRICAN HEMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does African hemp mean? 

• AFRICAN HEMP (noun)
  The noun AFRICAN HEMP has 2 senses:

1. bowstring hemp of South Africa

2. large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers

  Familiarity information: AFRICAN HEMP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFRICAN HEMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bowstring hemp of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

African bowstring hemp; African hemp; Sansevieria guineensis

Hypernyms ("African hemp" is a kind of...):

bowstring hemp; sansevieria (grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

African hemp; Sparmannia africana

Hypernyms ("African hemp" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("African hemp" is a member of...):

genus Sparmannia; Sparmannia (small genus of tropical African shrubs)