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KENAF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kenaf mean? 

KENAF (noun)
  The noun KENAF has 2 senses:

1. fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinusplay

2. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivationplay

  Familiarity information: KENAF used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KENAF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

deccan hemp; kenaf

Hypernyms ("kenaf" is a kind of...):

hemp (a plant fiber)

Holonyms ("kenaf" is a part of...):

bimli; bimli hemp; Bombay hemp; deccan hemp; Hibiscus cannabinus; Indian hemp; kanaf; kenaf (valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bimli; bimli hemp; Bombay hemp; deccan hemp; Hibiscus cannabinus; Indian hemp; kanaf; kenaf

Hypernyms ("kenaf" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

Meronyms (parts of "kenaf"):

deccan hemp; kenaf (fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus)


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