Lexic.us

Definition of African hemp

1. Noun. Bowstring hemp of South Africa.

2. Noun. Large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of African Hemp

African clawed frog African clawed frogs African coral snake African country African crake African crakes African crocodile African daisy African elephant African elephants

African endomyocardial fibrosis African furuncular myiasis African gray African green monkey African haemorrhagic fever African hemp African holly African hunting dog African lily African mahogany

African marigold African millet African mole cricket African mole crickets African monitor African nation African oil palm African penguin African penguins

Literary usage of African hemp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1840)
"african hemp. The African Repository states that there is in the Colonization rooms at Washington, a specimen of african hemp, a small bale of which Gov. ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1840)
"african hemp. The African Repository states that there is in the Colonization rooms at Washington, ... specimen of african hemp, a small bale of which Gov. ..."

3. Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register edited by Samuel Hazard (1840)
"african hemp,—The African Repository states that there is in the Colonization rooms at Washington, a specimen of african hemp, a small bale of which Gov. ..."

4. First Year Algebra by William James Milne (1911)
"Find the capacity of a barrel ; of a case. 9. East african hemp is worth $ 25 more per ton than Mexican hemp. If 2 tons of african hemp are worth $ 25 less ..."

5. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1862)
"... of african hemp. Grows wild near the sea-shore, and may be collected in any quantity. No. 7. Bag manufactured from fibre No. 1. 8. ditto. No. 2. 9. ..."

6. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"... it is then bound up into bundles, and carried to market. (Low's Prac. Agr. p. 348.) There is a paper on a species of african hemp by Mr. A. Hunter, ..."

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