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kenaf

kenaf noun: hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.

Noun

kenaf (uncountable)

  1. Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.
  2. The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute.

kenaf meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam

kenaf in Tamil

Hibiscus cannabinus
புளிச்சைக் கீரை puḷiccaik kīrai

kenaf in Marathi

kenaf
अंबाडा ambāḍā

kenaf in Bengali

Hibiscus cannabinus
কেনাফ kenaph

kenaf in Malayalam

Hibiscus cannabinus
മെസ്റ്റ mesṟṟa
More languagesFewer languages
kenaf in Indonesian
yute jawa
kenaf in Persian
کنف kanaf

Origin of kenaf

From Persian کنف (kanaf). See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more. Doublet of cannabis, canvas, and hemp.

Questions about kenaf

What does kenaf mean?
Kenaf means hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.
What is kenaf in Tamil?
Kenaf in Tamil is புளிச்சைக் கீரை (puḷiccaik kīrai). See Kenaf meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kenaf?
Kenaf is a noun.

Words near kenaf in the dictionary

  1. Ken.
  2. kena
  3. kena sai
  4. kenacho
  5. kenachos
  6. kenaf
  7. Kenai
  8. Kenai Peninsula Borough
  9. Kenan
  10. Kenansville
  11. Kenard

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kenaf (page history and authors); अंबाडा (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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