English Explanatory Dictionary

cannabis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈkænəbɪs/ En-US-cannabis.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cannabis.wav

Word forms

cannabis cannabises

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Doublet of canvas and hemp.

Synonyms

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

Derived words

cannabene cannabev cannabidiol cannabin cannabinoid cannabinol cannabislike cannabism cannabisseur cannabusiness cannabutter cannaphobia cannista cantheism medical cannabis tetrahydrocannabinol

Translations

Afrikaans: dagga Afrikaans: kannabis Albanian: kërp Albanian: kânp Arabic: قِنَّب هِنْدِيّ Arabic: قِنَّب Armenian: կանեփ Asturian: cáñamu Azerbaijani: kənaf Azerbaijani: çətənə Bashkir: киндер Bashkir: тарма Belarusian: канапля́ Belarusian: кано́плі Bengali: গাঁজা Breton: kouarc'h Bulgarian: канабис Burmese: ဆေးခြောက် Catalan: cànem Catalan: cànnabis Chechen: кӏомал Chinese Cantonese: 大麻 Chinese: toā-moâ Chinese Mandarin: 大麻 Coptic: ⲉⲣⲃⲓⲥⲓ Czech: konopí Danish: hamp Danish: cannabis Danish: hash Danish: pot Dargwa: къама Dutch: hennep Dutch: cannabis Erzya: мушко Esperanto: kanabo Estonian: kanep Faroese: hampur Finnish: hamppu Finnish: kannabis French: cannabis Galician: cánabo Georgian: კანაფი German: Cannabis German: Hanf Greek: καννάβεις Hebrew: קנאביס Hindi: कैनबिस Hindi: भांग Hungarian: kannabisz Hungarian: kender Ido: kanabo Indonesian: ganja Irish: cannabas Italian: canapa Japanese: 大麻 Japanese: インド大麻
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