indian hemp

English Thesaurus

1. Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dogbane,
definition	:	any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root (noun.plant)

2. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	hibiscus,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Hibiscus (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	deccan hemp, kenaf,
definition	:	fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus (noun.plant)

3. source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	cannabis, hemp,
definition	:	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.plant)

part holonym	:	bhang,
definition	:	a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	haschisch, hash, hasheesh, hashish,
definition	:	purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen (noun.artifact)