HEMP
Dictionary entry overview: What does hemp mean?
• HEMP (noun)
The noun HEMP has 3 senses:
1. a plant fiber
2. 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
3. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
Familiarity information: HEMP used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HEMP (noun)
Meaning:
A plant fiber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hemp" is a kind of...):
plant fiber; plant fibre (fiber derived from plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemp"):
deccan hemp; kenaf (fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus)
bowstring hemp (hemp obtained from the sansevieria)
abaca; Manila hemp; Manilla hemp (a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines)
Holonyms ("hemp" is a substance of...):
canvas; canvas fabric; canvass; canvass fabric (a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents))
rope (a strong line)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cannabis; hemp
Hypernyms ("hemp" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Meronyms (parts of "hemp"):
cannabis; ganja; marihuana; marijuana (the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemp"):
Cannabis sativa; ganja; marihuana; marijuana (a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared)
Cannabis indica; Indian hemp (source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber)
Holonyms ("hemp" is a member of...):
genus Cannabis (hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae)
Meaning:
A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hangman's halter; hangman's rope; hempen necktie; halter; hemp
Hypernyms ("hemp" is a kind of...):
rope (a strong line)
Meronyms (parts of "hemp"):
noose; running noose; slip noose (a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled)
Holonyms ("hemp" is a part of...):
gallows (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)
