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hemp

UK/hɛmp/ US/ˈhɛmp/ uncommon slang

noun

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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

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3.

a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

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  • bastard hemp
  • bowstring hemp
  • brown hemp
  • Canadian hemp
  • false hemp
  • hemp bush
  • hemp heart
  • hemp-derived cannabinoid

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