Meaning

noun a plant fiber

noun 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

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

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *hanapiz Proto-West Germanic *hanapi Old English henep Middle English hemp English hemp Inherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

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