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BOMBAY HEMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombay hemp mean?
• BOMBAY HEMP (noun)
The noun BOMBAY HEMP has 1 sense:
1. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
Familiarity information: BOMBAY HEMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bimli; bimli hemp; Bombay hemp; deccan hemp; Hibiscus cannabinus; Indian hemp; kanaf; kenaf
Hypernyms ("Bombay hemp" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
Meronyms (parts of "Bombay hemp"):
deccan hemp; kenaf (fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus)
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