Indian hemp, n.
Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
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Apocynum cannabinum Indian hemp rheumatism weed
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hypernym
valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
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Bombay hemp Hibiscus cannabinus Indian hemp bimli bimli hemp deccan hemp kanaf kenaf
source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber
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Cannabis indica Indian hemp