Hemp

Noun

 * 1) A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
 * 2) Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.

Thesaurus
DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant, ataractic, ax, block, cross, death chair, death chamber, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, drop, electric chair, gage, gallows, gallows-tree, ganja, gas chamber, gibbet, grass, guillotine, hallucinogen, halter, hash, hashish, hay, hempen collar, hot seat, joint, kava, lethal chamber, maiden, marijuana, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, noose, peyote, pot, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, reefer, roach, rope, scaffold, stake, stick, tea, the chair, tranquilizer, tree, weed

Etymology
From Old English hænep, from, from Scytho-Sarmatian (compare Farsi kanab, Ossetian gän), a compound of Finno-Ugrian *kéne, 'hemp', and *piš, 'to burn; nettle' (compare Hungarian kender, 'hemp', and peszeg, 'to burn'). See cannabis.

Translations

 * Arabic: قنب
 * Armenian: կանեփ
 * Bashkir:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 大麻 (dàmá)
 * Chuvash:
 * Croatian: konoplja
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Gagauz:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk:
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Karakalpak:
 * Kazakh: кендір, қарақурай
 * Khakas:
 * Korean:


 * Kumyk: ,
 * Kyrgyz: кара куурай, кендир
 * Macedonian:
 * Manx:
 * Mongolian: олс
 * Norwegian: hamp
 * Persian: کنف,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: cânhamo,
 * Romanian:
 * Russia Buryat:
 * Russian: конопля (konopl'á) ,пенька (pen'ká) fibers
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Shor:
 * Slovak: konope
 * Southern Altai:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: hampa
 * Tajik: канаб, банг
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:, kenep
 * Tuvan:
 * Ukrainian: коноплі
 * Uzbek: nasha, kanop
 * Volapük: jan
 * Yakut:

Related terms

 * hempen
 * cannabis
 * marijuana
 * THC

Anagrams

 * meph