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hemp

hemp

15 4.4
A tall, coarse plant grown for its strong fiber and seeds and sometimes used to make drugs
  • noun
  • /hɛmp/
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  • But it remains illegal to grow hemp in the United States under federal law.
  • industrial hemp
  • grow hemp
  • hemp seeds

You get a toner with CBD from hemp, Mario Badesco.

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Examples

  • The plant hemp has been used for centuries to create strong ropes and textiles.

  • The resolution called industrial hemp a "high-value, low-input crop" that can grow without irrigation.

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  • But if I talk about the whole earth, what about using the hemp plant to do all of these things that it can do?

  • I work at a hemp company.

  • You work at the hemp factory, right?

  • During that time, Kentucky established itself as the leading hemp producer in the U.S.

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  • After the Civil War, hemp production declined in Kentucky, as well as in other areas of the country.

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  • Currently, all hemp products sold in the U.S. are imported or manufactured from imported hemp.

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  • All American farmers were legally bound to grow hemp during the Colonial Era and Early Republic.

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  • A number of other states besides Kentucky have passed laws permitting some aspects of hemp production.

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Synonyms

cannabis
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A tall rough plant with fan-shaped leaves, grown for strong fibers and to make drugs

emphasizes fiber and seeds as primary uses rather than drug production
marihuana
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1 6.2

A plant whose dried leaves and flowers are used as a drug or medicine

is cultivated mainly for strong fiber and seeds rather than dried drug parts
Indian hemp
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8.2

A plant often Cannabis sativa grown for fiber to make rope or for drugs like hashish

also includes use for psychoactive substances in some cases
Cannabis sativa
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6.7

A tall plant from Asia with smelly leaves grown for fiber, medicine, and drugs that change the mind

focuses more on fiber and seeds than on medicinal properties
Cannabis indica
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7.4

A plant like hemp with leaves and flowers used to make bhang and hashish and sometimes grown for fiber

is grown primarily for tough fiber and seeds rather than drug production

Compounds

1 3.1

An edible seed from the cannabis plant used as food or in cooking

A plant grown for strong fibers used to make rope and cloth

9.9

A tall plant that grows in wet places like a nettle but does not sting

A plant that produces strong fibers used to make rope and cloth

A tropical African houseplant with long, pointed leaves

A strong fiber from a plant with long thick leaves used to make ropes and cords

A tropical plant with thick striped green leaves grown for strong fibers and decoration

A tropical climbing plant that grows up trees and has small flowers that smell like vanilla

A tall annual plant that grows along rivers in the US southwest and improves soil while giving strong fiber

A tall Indian plant grown for strong fibers used to make rope and cloth

A strong fiber from the Indian plant used to make rope and coarse cloth

African bowstring hemp
  • South African
7.4

A South African plant whose long, strong leaves people use to make rope

African hemp
  • South African
9.6

A large shrub with many hairy branches, large hairy leaves and white flowers

African hemp
  • South African
9.1

A strong fibrous plant with long stiff leaves used for making rope

Manilla hemp
  • Philippine
7.4

A strong natural fiber from the abaca plant that people use to make ropes

A tall plant from the Philippines whose leaf stalks give strong fiber for rope, paper, and textiles

A strong flexible fiber from the abaca plant used to make rope and paper

9.9

A tall wild plant with divided leaves and small purple flowers that grows in wet places

A band for a pet's neck made from hemp that is gentle on skin

hemp family
  • Specialized
6.7

A group of plants that includes hemp and hops

9.4

A rough, hairy plant with white or red flowers that looks like a nettle

7.9

A tree with long flexible twigs used for making baskets

Indian hemp
  • Archaic
8.1

A plant grown for strong fibers used to make rope

8.2

A plant often Cannabis sativa grown for fiber to make rope or for drugs like hashish

Queensland hemp
  • Australian
9.0

A tall tropical plant with strong soft fiber used to make rope and sacks

sisal hemp
  • Specialized
6.5

Strong plant fiber from the sisal plant used to make rope and mats

How Psychoactive

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cannabin
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cannabis resin
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hemp
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Surface Forms

hemp singular
hemps plural

Etymology

Hemp originally named the tall cannabis plant in old languages. Because people grew the plant for its fiber, seeds, and sometimes for drugs, the name hemp now covers both the tall plant itself and the useful (or sometimes regulated) products made from it.