Found 2 items, similar to Eupatorium cannabinum.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Eupatorium cannabinum
Eupatorium cannabinum
n : coarse European herb with palmately-divided leaves and
clusters of small reddish-purple flower heads [syn:
hemp agrimony
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Eupatorium cannabinum
Agrimony
\Ag"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L.
agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
(a) A genus of plants of the Rose family.
(b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp
agrimony (
Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony
(
Bidens).
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Note: The
Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a
perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once
esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
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Hemp
\Hemp\ (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin
to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from
some other language at an early time. Cf.
Cannabine,
Canvas.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
Cannabis (
Cannabis sativa
), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for
making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to
various other plants yielding fiber.
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2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
spinning. The name has also been extended to various
fibers resembling the true hemp.
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African hemp,
Bowstring hemp. See under
African, and
Bowstring.
Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb
Datisca cannabina.
Canada hemp, a species of dogbane (
Apocynum cannabinum),
the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
(
Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.
Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus
Galeopsis (
Galeopsis Tetrahit
), belonging to the Mint family.
Indian hemp. See under
Indian, a.
Manila hemp, the fiber of
Musa textilis.
Sisal hemp, the fiber of
Agave sisalana, of Mexico and
Yucatan.
Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
(
Crotalaria juncea).
Water hemp, an annual American weed (
Acnida cannabina),
related to the amaranth.
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