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Meanings of Indian hemp in English

Catalan
kenaf
Spanish
hibiscus cannabinus

Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.

      kenaf

      Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints.

            Source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber.

                  Usage of Indian hemp in English
                  1
                  Those of the Cingalese are arrack, tobacco, fungi and the Indian hemp.
                  Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
                  2
                  Only Fu-Manchu, I think, would have thought of employing Indian hemp.
                  The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
                  3
                  Can it be that we were drugged on that occasion with Indian hemp?
                  The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
                  4
                  The active principle of Indian hemp is a resin.
                  The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition
                  5
                  There were pieces of thread made of Indian hemp and the inner bark of the elm.
                  The Scouts of the Valley
                  6
                  They excite themselves to fighting by means of opium, or Indian hemp, which they smoke like tobacco.
                  A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
                  7
                  Nepenthe passed out from the consideration of the world and then came hasheesh, which is from the Indian hemp.
                  New Tabernacle Sermons
                  8
                  There is also another plant, called Indian hemp, which is a small shrubby kind of milk-weed, that grows on gravelly islands.
                  Lady Mary and Her Nurse; Or, A Peep into the Canadian Forest
                  9
                  After the sarsaparilla was on the trays, he attacked the beds of Indian hemp, with its long graceful pods, and took his usual supply.
                  The Harvester
                  10
                  Mr Sami says earlier reports that the ADB had proposed growing Indian hemp are incorrect because of Fiji laws which prohibit the cultivation of marijuana.
                  Radio NZ
                  11
                  Take the following injection every night, and retain it: To a pint of hot water add ten drops of the homeopathic tincture of Indian Hemp.
                  The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
                  12
                  "Yes; it is ' Indian hemp.'"
                  The Man Who Knew
                  13
                  "Cannabis indica," I said-"Indianhemp.
                  The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
                  14
                  "Dakka," I said contemptuously, alluding to the Indian hemp on which natives make themselves drunk throughout great districts of Africa.
                  The Ivory Child
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