Am*ba"ry (?), n., or Ambary hemp . [Hind. ambArA, ambArI.]

A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called also brown Indian hemp.

 

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