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hemp.

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɛmp/
  1. A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The gallows.

    countable · historical · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hanapiz Proto-West Germanic *hanapi Old English henep Middle English hemp English hemp Inherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

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