Hemp
WordNet
noun
(1) A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
(2) 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
(3) A plant fiber
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Etymology
From Old English hænep, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz, from Sarmato-Scythian (cf. Farsi kanab, Ossetian gän), a compound of Finno-Ugrian *kéne, 'hemp', and *piš, 'to burn; nettle' (cf. Hungarian kender, 'hemp', and peszeg, 'to burn'). See cannabis, for possible further history.