cannabis

Plural: cannabises

Noun

• The plant hemp, or products derived from it, including 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
• 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
• A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
• A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
• The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.

Examples

• He aimed to play CANNABIS for a big score, but the letters just wouldn’t align.

Synonyms

ganja, hemp, marihuana, marijuana, 420, THC, bhang, bud, dope, draw, grass, herb, leaf, pot, puff, reefer, skunk, string, weed