Found 2 items, similar to bowstring hemp.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bowstring hemp
bowstring hemp
n 1: hemp obtained from the sansevieria
2: strong fiber that resembles hemp; obtained from sansevieria
and used for e.g. cordage
3: grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped
leaves or as a source of fiber [syn:
sansevieria]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bowstring hemp
Bowstring
\Bow"string`\, n.
1. The string of a bow.
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2. A string used by the Turks for strangling offenders.
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Bowstring bridge, a bridge formed of an arch of timber or
iron, often braced, the thrust of which is resisted by a
tie forming a chord of the arch.
Bowstring girder, an arched beam strengthened by a tie
connecting its two ends.
Bowstring hemp (Bot.), the tenacious fiber of the
Sanseviera Zeylanica, growing in India and Africa, from
which bowstrings are made. --Balfour.
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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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