hemp

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
  3. (countable, historical, slang, uncountable) The gallows.

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/hɛmp/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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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