Definition of Hemp

Noun: hemp hemp

A plant fibre
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
- cannabis, dagga [S.Africa]
A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
- hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hempen necktie