cannabis
Pluralcannabises (some meanings)
- 1A drug made from the cannabis plant that changes how people feel and think and can make them happy or sleepy.
Cannabis is legal in some states but not in others.
Smoking cannabis can make it hard to drive safely.
UsageHealth reports often say cannabis use. Marijuana and weed are other names for it.
- 2A tall plant from central Asia that lives for one year, with leaves shaped like a hand and tough stem fibers.
The farmer grew cannabis for the strong fibers in its stems.
Wild cannabis grows along the roads in parts of central Asia.
UsageScientists write it with a capital: Cannabis sativa. The kind grown for fiber is often called hemp.
Similarhemp
Note
- 3Parts of the cannabis plant, or oil made from them, used as medicine for an illness, not to get high.
The doctor prescribed cannabis to help with his seizures.
The pharmacy only sells cannabis that a doctor has prescribed for an illness.
UsagePeople often say medical cannabis.
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Origin
From the Latin word cannabis, meaning “hemp”, which came from an Ancient Greek word.