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Indian hemp   /ˈɪndiən hɛmp/   Listen
Indian hemp

noun
1.
Source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber.  Synonym: Cannabis indica.
2.
Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.  Synonyms: bimli, bimli hemp, Bombay hemp, deccan hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus, kanaf, kenaf.
3.
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.






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... was by the Swedes called Hemp of the Indians; and grew plentifully in old corn grounds, in woods on hills, and in high glades. The Swedes had given it the name of Indian hemp, because the Indians formerly, and even now, apply it to the same purposes as the Europeans do hemp; for the stalk may be divided into filaments, and is easily prepared. When the Indians were yet settled among the Swedes, in Pensylvania and ...
— Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States • William Henry Holmes



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