marijuana
Plural: marijuanas
Noun
- a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
- 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
- The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
- The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.
Examples
- After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested in 1874 in the publications of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Altered by influence of a folk etymology involving the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”).
Synonyms
cannabis, Cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana, MJ, Mary Jane, Mary Joanna, Texas tea, benj, bhang, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doobage, dope, endo, gage, ganj, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, marihoochie, marijuana, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, puff, reefer, sensimilla, sensimillia, shit, sweetleaf, tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie
Scrabble Score: 18
marijuana: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmarijuana: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
marijuana: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary