How many syllables in hemp?

There is 1 syllable in the word hemp.

How to pronounce hemp:

hemp (noun):: a local name for marijuana; any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs.; a tall widely cultivated asian herb (cannabis sativa of the family cannabaceae, the hemp family) that is cultivated for its tough bast fiber and edible seeds and oil and that is often separated into a tall loosely branched species (c. sativa) and a low-growing densely branched species (c. indica)

blow

bush

cannabis

cannabis sativa

dagga

dope

ganja

genus cannabis

grass

green

halter

hangman's halter

hangman's rope

hash

hempen necktie

indian hemp

marihuana

marijuana

pot

shrub

weed

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