COLORADO RIVER HEMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Colorado River hemp mean? 

• COLORADO RIVER HEMP (noun)
  The noun COLORADO RIVER HEMP has 1 sense:

1. tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage

  Familiarity information: COLORADO RIVER HEMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLORADO RIVER HEMP (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Colorado River hemp; Sesbania exaltata

Hypernyms ("Colorado River hemp" is a kind of...):

sesbania (any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers)