Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bowstring hemp | Yes | No | No | No |
hemp | Yes | No | No | No |
bowstring hemp (noun) | hemp (noun) |
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grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage | 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 |
hemp obtained from the sansevieria | a plant fiber |