Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indian_hemp

3 senses of indian hemp

Sense 1
Indian hemp, Cannabis indica -- (source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber)
       => cannabis, hemp -- (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)

Sense 2
kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp, Indian hemp, Bombay hemp, Hibiscus cannabinus -- (valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation)
       => hibiscus -- (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

Sense 3
Indian hemp, rheumatism weed, Apocynum cannabinum -- (Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints)
       => dogbane -- (any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root)