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noun
A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: hemp, marijuana
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: 420, bhang, bud, dope, draw, ganja, grass, herb, leaf, marijuana, pot, puff, string, reefer, skunk, THC, weed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: marijuana, marihuana, ganja
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: controlled substance, soft drug
Narrower terms: Acapulco gold, Mexican green, pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hemp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: marijuana, marihuana, ganja, Cannabis sativa, Indian hemp, Cannabis indica
History
Learned borrowing from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Further reading at Etymology of cannabis on Wikipedia. Doublet of canvas and hemp.
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130 source translations are retained for this English entry.
