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KENAF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kenaf mean?
• KENAF (noun)
The noun KENAF has 2 senses:
1. fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus
2. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
Familiarity information: KENAF used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
deccan hemp; kenaf
Hypernyms ("kenaf" is a kind of...):
hemp (a plant fiber)
Holonyms ("kenaf" is a part of...):
bimli; bimli hemp; Bombay hemp; deccan hemp; Hibiscus cannabinus; Indian hemp; kanaf; kenaf (valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation)
Sense 2
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 ("kenaf" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
Meronyms (parts of "kenaf"):
deccan hemp; kenaf (fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus)
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