cáñamo

Definitions of cáñamo
  1. noun
    a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
    synonyms: ahogadero, soga
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    type of:
    fique, maroma, soga, tiro
    a strong line
  2. noun
    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
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    types:
    cannabis, marijuana, maría
    a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
    type of:
    arbusto, mata
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  3. noun
    a plant fiber
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    types:
    abacá
    a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
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