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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Am·ba·ry n., or  Ambary hemp .  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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Hibiscus cannabinus
      n : valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in
          cultivation [syn: kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli,
           bimli hemp, Indian hemp, Bombay hemp]