INDIAN HEMP

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

  synonyms : apocynum cannabinum , rheumatism weed

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

  synonyms : bimli , bimli hemp , bombay hemp , deccan hemp , hibiscus cannabinus , kanaf , kenaf

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

  synonyms : cannabis indica

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