bombay hemp

Questions about bombay hemp

What does bombay hemp mean?

bombay hemp means "valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation".

What is another word for bombay hemp?

Close synonyms include kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli, bimli hemp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bombay hemp a common word?

bombay hemp is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.