| Noun | 1. | Indian hemp - source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiberbhang - a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India cannabis, hemp - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs | |
| 2. | Indian hemp - valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivationhibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus | |
| 3. | Indian hemp - Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in jointsdogbane - any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root | |