cannabis

Cannabis sativa

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin cannabis ("hemp"), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις. See there for more. canvas, and hemp.

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