hemp

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English, from Old English hænep, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz (compare Dutch hennep, German Hanf, Danish hamp), borrowed from Scytho-Sarmatian (compare Persian کنب (kanab), Ossetian gän), itself a compound of Finno-Ugrian *kéne, 'hemp', and *piš, 'to burn; nettle' (compare Hungarian kender, 'hemp', and peszeg, 'to burn'). See cannabis.

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hemp (plural hemps)

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

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch hemd.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ɦɛmp/

Noun[edit]

hemp (plural hemde)

  1. shirt