1. Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and recreational drugs
   "Hemp fibers were used to make strong rope";
   - cannabis, kif, kef, dagga [S.Africa]
    
2. A plant fibre
   "The eco-friendly company used hemp to make durable fabric"
    
3. [rare] A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
   "The condemned man eyed the hemp with dread";
   - hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hempen necktie, noose

Derived forms: hemps

Type of: bush, plant fiber [US], plant fibre [Brit, Cdn], rope, shrub

Part of: canvas, gallows, gallows tree, gallows-tree, genus Cannabis, gibbet, rope

Encyclopedia: Hemp, Georgia