HEMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemp mean? 

• HEMP (noun)
  The noun HEMP has 3 senses:

1. a plant fiber

2. any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

3. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

  Familiarity information: HEMP used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

plant fiber; plant fibre (fiber derived from plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemp"):

deccan hemp; kenaf (fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus)

bowstring hemp (hemp obtained from the sansevieria)

abaca; Manila hemp; Manilla hemp (a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines)

Holonyms ("hemp" is a substance of...):

canvas; canvass (a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents))

rope (a strong line)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cannabis; hemp

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "hemp"):

cannabis; ganja; marihuana; marijuana (the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemp"):

Cannabis sativa; ganja; marihuana; marijuana (a strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction)

Cannabis indica; Indian hemp (source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber)

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

genus Cannabis (hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

halter; hangman's halter; hangman's rope; hemp; hempen necktie

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

rope (a strong line)

Meronyms (parts of "hemp"):

noose; running noose; slip noose (a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled)

Holonyms ("hemp" is a part of...):

gallows (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)

 Context examples 

Any part of, or extract from, the female hemp plant Cannabis sativa.

(Marijuana, NCI Thesaurus)

I had beaten hemp, which there grows wild, and made of it a sort of ticking; this I filled with the feathers of several birds I had taken with springes made of Yahoos’ hairs, and were excellent food.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)