Definition of Colorado river hemp

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

Exact synonyms: Sesbania Exaltata
Generic synonyms: Sesbania

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colorado River Hemp

Colombian necktie
Colombian peso
Colombianism
Colombians
Colombo
Colonel Blimp
Colonel Blimps
Colonel Sanders
Colophonian
Colophonians
Coloradan
Colorado
Colorado Desert
Colorado Plateau
Colorado River
Colorado River hemp
Colorado Springs
Colorado beetle
Colorado beetles
Colorado blue spruce
Colorado fir
Colorado four o'clock
Colorado potato beetle
Colorado spruce
Colorado tick fever
Colored People's Time
Coloss.
Colossae
Colosseum
Colossian

Literary usage of Colorado river hemp

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

1. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"... colorado river hemp—'See Wild Hemp. Colored Goods—Trade term denoting all sorts of printed and dyed fabrics as against white goods. ..."

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