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can·na·bis
(kăn′ə-bĭs)n.
1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis sativa), native to Central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
2. Any of several mildly euphoriant, intoxicating hallucinogenic drugs, such as ganja, hashish, or marijuana, prepared from various parts of this plant.
[Latin, from Greek kannabis.]
can′na·bic (-bĭk) adj.
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cannabis
(ˈkænəbɪs)n
1. (Plants) the hemp plant, esp Indian hemp (Cannabis indica). See hemp
[C18: from Latin, from Greek kannabis; see hemp]
ˈcannabic adj
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can•na•bis
(ˈkæn ə bɪs)n.
1. the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa.
2. the flowering tops of the plant.
3. any of the parts of the plant from which hashish, marijuana, bhang, and similar drugs are prepared.
[1790–1800; < New Latin, Latin: hemp < Greek kánnabis]
can′na•bic, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  cannabis - any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugscannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - 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 genus Cannabis - hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae Cannabis sativa, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared Cannabis indica, Indian hemp - source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber |
| 2. | cannabis - 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 Acapulco gold, Mexican green - a particularly potent variety of marijuana controlled substance - a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, joint, stick - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking dope, gage, green goddess, sens, sess, Mary Jane, locoweed, skunk, weed, grass, smoke, pot - street names for marijuana soft drug - a drug of abuse that is considered relatively mild and not likely to cause addiction |
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cannabis
noun marijuana, pot (slang), dope (slang), hash (slang), black (slang), blow (slang), smoke (informal), stuff (slang), leaf (slang), tea (U.S. slang), grass (slang), chronic (U.S. slang), weed (slang), hemp, gage (U.S. dated slang), hashish, mary jane (U.S. slang), ganja, bhang, kif, wacky baccy (slang), sinsemilla, dagga (S. African), charas Long-term heavy smoking of cannabis may lead to lung disorders.
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Translations
قِنَّبٌ هِنْدِيّقنّب، حَشيش
канабис
konopímarihuanahašiš
cannabishamphashmarihuana
kanabo
kanep
kannabis
kanabis
kannabis, hampur
大麻
칸나비스
kanapė
cannabis
กัญชา
esrarhaşiş
ma túy làm từ cây gai dầu
cannabis
[ˈkænəbɪs]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cannabis
n → Cannabis m
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cannabis
(ˈkӕnəbis) noun a drug made from Indian hemp, whose use is illegal in many countries. He is hooked on (= addicted to) cannabis.
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cannabis
→ قِنَّبٌ هِنْدِيّ marihuana cannabis Cannabis κάναβη hachís, mariguana kannabis cannabis kanabis cannabis 大麻 칸나비스 cannabis cannabis konopie indyjskie cannabis, maconha гашиш cannabis กัญชา esrar ma túy làm từ cây gai dầu 大麻Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cannabis
n cannabis mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.